United Nations -
114
No.
Treaty Series
1957
3727. GHANA: DECLARATION'
OF ACCEPTANCE
OF THE OBLIGATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CHARTER
OF THE UNITED NATIONS. ACCRA, 1 MARCH 1957
Accra, 1st March 1957
Your Excellency,
On behalf of my Government, I have the honour to request you to be good
enough to submit for the consideration of the Security Council at its next meeting,
the application of Ghana for admission to membership in the United Nations.
In applying for the admission of Ghana to membership of the United Nations
I declare that my Government accepts fully the obligations of the United Nations
Charter and undertakes to carry them out.
I have the honour to be, Excellency,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) Kwame
NKRUMAH
Prime Minister
and Minister Responsible for External Affairs
His Excellency the Secretary-General
United Nations Organization
New-York, U.S.A.
1 Presented to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 7 March 1957.
By resolution
1118 (XI) adopted by the General Assembly at its 668th plenary meeting, on 8 March 1957,
Ghana was admitted to membership in the United Nations. See United Nations, Official Records
o/ the General Assembly, Eleventh Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/3572), p. 60.