News:
September 24, 2018
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has called on African countries to show much concern in combating terrorism.
He made this call when he represented Parliament of Ghana at a workshop on Weapons of mass destruction in Tanzania.
Mr. Annoh-Dompreh further added that the threat of weapon of mass destruction such as biological weapons are more evident than ever as terrorists keep threatening the world.
African countries have been urged to unite and push for a review of structures of the UN Security Council to allow other less powerful countries to be part of the council as advocated by President Nana Akuffo- Addo at last year’s UN General Assembly Council.
He said Africans role cannot continue to be downgraded at the world stage hence the need for the UN to go beyond the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.
The structures of the UN security Council is out dated and does not reflect the realities of the times.
Security Council should reflect on the core principles of universality and democracy the Director of Peace and Democracy of Parliamentarians for Global Action Group (PGA) Peter Bacroft noted that the threat of terrorist getting hold on weapons of mass destruction is worrying, and therefore called for the implementation by countries of international treaties against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com