UN General Assembly
2011

free media. We also subscribe to the global norm of the responsibility to protect, and we promise to work hand in glove with member countries, the United Nations and others to achieve this. A little over a year from now Ghana will be going to the polls to elect a President and Members of Parliament for another four years. To ensure that the elections are free, fair, transparent and credible, our Electoral Commission — which has successfully organized the last three elections, since the year 2000 — has put in place the necessary measures to enable Ghanaians to make their choices in a free atmosphere. Our democratic credentials stand tall, and we would not want anything to affect the standard that we have achieved. Just as the United Nations and the rest of the international community kept an eye on the 2008 elections in Ghana, I should like to invite you, Mr. President, and all others to come and do the same in connection with the 2012 elections. We want to