Ghanaian History and Politics

Foreign Policy, Pan-Africanism and Regional Treaties

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  1. In which year did Ghana host the historic first Conference of Independent African States in Accra?
  2. Which historic pan-African non-governmental congress was held in Accra in December 1958, bringing liberation leaders together?
  3. Which Trinidadian pan-African scholar served as Kwame Nkrumah's personal Advisor on African Affairs in Accra until his death in 1959?
  4. Which celebrated African-American scholar and NAACP co-founder moved to Ghana, became a citizen, and died in Accra in 1963?
  5. In which Ethiopian city did Ghana co-found the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in May 1963?
  6. What conference building in Accra was constructed in 1965 specifically to host the OAU Summit of African Heads of State?
  7. What union formed in 1958 between Ghana, Guinea, and later Mali served as an early nucleus of African continental unity?
  8. Which Ghanaian career diplomat served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006?
  9. In which year did Kofi Annan and the United Nations jointly receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
  10. Who was the first African to be elected President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1964?
  11. What regional economic integration treaty was signed in Lagos in 1975, co-founded by Ghana and fifteen other West African states?
  12. Which landmark continental trade secretariat is permanently headquartered in Accra following its establishment in 2018?
  13. In which landmark Asian-African Conference in 1955 did the Gold Coast participate as an observer, laying the groundwork for the Non-Aligned Movement?
  14. Which international peacekeeping intervention in 1960 marked Ghana's first deployment of armed forces on a United Nations peacekeeping mission?
  15. Which Ghanaian major-general served as Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) during the 1994 genocide?
  16. Who was the Ghanaian Lieutenant-General appointed as the first Force Commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in 1978?
  17. What West African regional intervention monitoring force was commanded initially by Ghanaian Lieutenant-General Arnold Quainoo in Liberia in 1990?
  18. In which year did Ghana sever diplomatic relations with Britain over the Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence?
  19. Which international association of 56 sovereign states, mostly former territories of the British Empire, includes Ghana as an active member?
  20. Which Ghanaian legal expert served as a judge and President of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights?
  21. What fundamental non-alignment principle guided Ghana's founding foreign policy under Kwame Nkrumah?
  22. In which city was the African Union (AU) launched in 2002 as the successor organization to the OAU?
  23. Which Ghanaian diplomat served as the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 1986 to 1994?
  24. Which international human rights treaty was Ghana the very first country in the world to ratify in 1990?
  25. What special year of return initiative was celebrated by Ghana in 2019 to mark 400 years since the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in North America?

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