The foreign relations of Ghana are controlled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ghana. Ghana is active in the United Nations and many of its specialised agencies,the World Trade Organization,the Non-Aligned Movement,the Organisation of African Unity (OAU),the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States. Ghana generally follows the consensus of the Non-aligned Movement and the OAU on economic and political issues not directly affecting its own interests. Ghana has been extremely active in international peacekeeping activities under UN auspices in Lebanon,Afghanistan,Rwanda,and the Balkans,in addition to an eight-year sub-regional initiative with its ECOWAS partners to develop and then enforce a cease-fire in Liberia. Ghana is also a member of the International Criminal Court.
Since independence,with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations,later called External Affairs,Nigerian foreign policy has been characterised by a focus on Africa as a regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles:African unity and independence;capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region:peaceful settlement of disputes;non-alignment and non-intentional interference in the internal affairs of other nations;and regional economic cooperation and development. In carrying out these principles,Nigeria participates in the African Union,the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),the Non-Aligned Movement,the Commonwealth of Nations,and the United Nations.
Jan-Mikael Lindström is a retired Swedish diplomat. Lindström's career in international diplomacy spans several decades,beginning with his role as a foreign service officer in Sweden's Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1970. He gained early experience at embassies in Rabat and Paris,before specializing in European trade and nuclear non-proliferation issues at the Ministry. From 1983 to 1987,he was stationed at the Swedish Embassy in Washington,D.C.,and later became deeply involved in international trade negotiations,including the Uruguay Round and China's accession to GATT,working in Geneva from 1990 to 1994. Lindström then served as Sweden's ambassador to Jakarta,Tokyo,and Beijing,where he furthered Sweden's diplomatic relationships in Asia and addressed complex trade and investment issues. His diplomatic work included membership in the WTO Dispute Settlement Panel and culminated with a key role as Chief Co-ordinator for Trade and Investment Promotion.
Ambassador Akin Fayomi is a Nigerian career diplomat who was the Minister/Head of Political Affairs at the High Commission of Nigeria,London from July 2004 to March 2007. Later he was Ambassador and Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) to Liberia from January 2010 to July 2011. He was then appointed as Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from July 2011 to July 2012,before his appointment as The Ambassador of Nigeria to France from July 2012 to December 2013. He was also appointed as the first Nigerian Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco during the same period.
Henrik Sven Hirdman,is a Swedish diplomat and ambassador.
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Nils Krister Bringéus is a Swedish diplomat. He served as a member of diplomatic staff and as Ambassador of Sweden to Serbia and to Norway from the 1970s and into the 2020s.
Karin Annika Bjurner Söder is a Swedish diplomat and politician representing the Swedish Social Democratic Party. From 2014 to 2019,she served as Sweden's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs. In February 2020,she was appointed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to collaborate with a UN group on peace building and in January 2021,she was engaged by OSCE chair Ann Linde as her special representative for the South Caucasus. On 18 January 2023,with ministerial backing from Germany and Sweden,she became a member of the International Commission on Inclusive Peace.
