US embassy cable - 05ACCRA1543

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Identifier:	05ACCRA1543
Wikileaks:	View 05ACCRA1543 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Accra
Created:	2005-08-03 12:08:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PHUM PREL AORC GH KUNR PGOV UNCHR
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L ACCRA 001543 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2015 
TAGS: PHUM, PREL, AORC, GH, KUNR, PGOV, UNCHR-1, UNGA, UNSC 
SUBJECT: UNSC REFORM: GHANA TO DROP VETO TO PRESS FOR SEATS 
 
REF: A. COTONOU 00719 
 
     B. SECSTATE 140191 
     C. SECSTATE 138991 
     D. ACCRA 01477 
     E. ACCRA 1488 
     F. SECSTATE 134316 
     G. SECSTATE 137602 
 
1.  (C)  During an Aug. 2 discussion on the proposed Human 
Rights Council (ref B), MFA official Nana Bema Kumi told 
PolOff that Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo Addo will 
join African heads of state and other ministers in Addis 
Ababa on Aug. 4 for a single-issue summit on UN Security 
Council reform. Asked whether this meant the GOG would now 
align with the G-4, she said the only differences between the 
AU and G-4 approach were the number of non-permanent seats 
for Africa which had been resolved and the desire for 
additional permanent seats to have the veto. Moving away from 
the GOG's prior stance on the necessity of the veto for 
African seats (ref D), she said, "We will drop the veto." She 
indicated that gaining permanent African seats on the UNSC 
was now the GOG's priority. She said she would depart Aug. 3 
to accompany the Foreign Minister but that President Kufuor 
will not attend the summit. 
YATES