UN General Assembly
2012

into colonies and territories — all of those boundaries have now become blurred. Technology has made information more immediately accessible to the general public and individuals more accessible to one another. The world that we know today is not the same world our fathers and grandfathers knew. Our world is smaller, more integrated and familiar. The current realities call for greater inclusion in order to consolidate our common security. They inform Ghana’s call for an expansion of the Security Council to admit more members in order to have a meaningful impact on the many challenges that we all face. Africa is ready for that true and sincere partnership. Our time has come.