Ghana's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has held a meeting with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres.

This was disclosed in a tweet by the Ghana-UN office on Wednesday, 19 January 2022.

The Ghana-UN office tweeted: “Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of Ghana.”

Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of Ghana. pic.twitter.com/rJyr4zoV2L

— GhanaUN (@ghanamissionun) January 19, 2022

Meanwhile, Ghana has joined the UN’s Security Council.

“Ghana together with Albania, Brazil, Gabon and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday, 4th January 2022, participated in a flag ceremony to mark the beginning of their membership of the United Nations Security Council for the period 2022 to 2023,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed on Tuesday, 4 January.