President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to multilateral cooperation in addressing global challenges, particularly climate change.
He made the remarks when Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, paid a courtesy call on him in Accra on Tuesday November 25.
Mahama emphasised that climate change remains a universal threat that no single nation can solve alone.
“We believe that multilateralism is the best order for our world, especially when we face challenges like the climate crisis. Climate crisis affects all parts of the world and no one country can adapt or find any resolution to it.
“So the only way we can tackle the climate crisis is to tackle it multilaterally, and I want to congratulate the UK for its leadership when it comes to climate change and climate resilience,” he stated.
The President warned that recent global developments—driven by unilateral actions—risk undermining the international system that has helped maintain stability for decades.
Citing the invasion of Ukraine, escalating conflicts in various regions, and the devastating toll of the Gaza crisis, he noted that such events “don’t belong to the 21st century.”
“I believe that unilateral action is not helping the global order,” Mahama stressed.
He also criticised the erosion of the rules-based global trading system, pointing to the growing trend of countries imposing tariffs without consultation.
“It is upending the rules-based trading system that we all have nurtured for years,” he said.
In the face of these challenges, Mahama called for the formation of “coalitions of the willing” to safeguard global cooperation and stability.
He added that the United Kingdom remains one of Ghana’s most valued partners in this effort.
“At a time like this, it becomes a coalition of the willing,” he said. “We must develop new partnerships that allow us to continue to work together not as individual countries but as coalitions of the willing—and there is no better country to be a partner to than the UK.”
