The Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) is urging the Government of
Ghana under your able leadership to ratify the United Nations Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear
Weapons (TPNW) as part of the country’s commitment to global peace and security.
Your Excellency, Ghana participated in the first-ever intergovernmental conference on the
humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons hosted by Norway and attended by 128 nations in
March 2013. Since then Ghana has participated in subsequent meeting focusing on the horrifying
and devastating humanitarian impact of Nuclear Weapons and rallied other African countries to
come on board. On 20th September 2015, Ghana become one of the first fifty states to sign when
the Treaty was opened for signing at the UN.
As reported by the international media recently, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dangerous
decision to place Russian nuclear forces on a high level of combat readiness. The Nuclear
weapons did not deter the conflict in Ukraine, nor will they help to resolve it. In the hands of any
state, these weapons pose an unacceptable threat to all of humanity, risking catastrophic,
widespread harm to civilian populations, as well as radiological and climatic impacts that would
reverberate across national boundaries.
Your Excellency, Given the heightened risk of nuclear war in recent times, we believe that it is
more important than ever before for Ghana to join other counties around the world who have
rectified the treaty to advance disarmament. It is for this reason that we urge Ghana to ratify the
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) without further delay. Besides, Ghana’s
ratification, as the current Chair of ECOWAS and a member of the UN Security Council, will send
a powerful signal that the threat of nuclear weapons is unacceptable and a nuclear war cannot
be won and must never be fought.

Also Mr. President, Eleven (11) African countries have ratified the TPNW and are currently state
parties of the Treaty. We urge Ghana to ratify and work together with other leaders to promote
international peace and security, including through effective peacekeeping, in order to achieve
the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals.
Since 2017 Foundation for Security and Development Africa (FOSDA) has partnered with the
Ghana National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons to facilitate Ghana’s speedy
ratification of the Treaty.
We are grateful for kind audience.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,

Theodora Williams Anti
Ag. Executive Director
Mob: 0234203060
Email:theodora@fosda.org