UN General Assembly
1959

43. In a note verbale dated 2 June 1959, the Government of Ghana appealed to the Government of France to abandon the proposed testing of nuclear weapons in the Sahara Desert, in the following terms: "The Government of Ghana is very deeply alarmed over the French Government's proposed explosion of atomic bombs over the Sahara. As an African State bordering on the Sahara region, and conscious of our responsibilities not only towards our own citizens but also towards the inhabitants of the African Continent, the Government and people of Ghana appeal to President de Gaulle, as head of the great Franco-African Community, to abandon the carrying out of such tests in the Sahara.