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===Foreign relations===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Ghana}}
{{See also|China–Ghana relations|Ghana–Russia relations|Ghana–India relations}}
[[File:Kofi Annan at OYW.jpg|thumb|250px|left|{{center|Ghanaian diplomat [[Kofi Annan]] served as [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] for nine years until 2006.}}]]
Since independence, Ghana has been devoted to ideals of nonalignment and is a founding member of the [[Non-Aligned Movement|non-aligned movement]]. Ghana favors international and regional political and economic co-operation, and is an active member of the United Nations and the African Union.<ref name="H. E. Mr. Ken Kanda">{{cite web |date=20 September 2011 |title=Official page of Nations Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations |url=http://www.un.int/ghana/ |access-date=20 May 2012 |work= |publisher=United Nations}}</ref>

Many Ghanaian diplomats and politicians hold positions in international organisations. These include Ghanaian diplomat and former [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] [[Kofi Annan]], International Criminal Court Judge [[Akua Kuenyehia]], former President [[Jerry Rawlings|Jerry John Rawlings]] and former President [[John Kufuor|John Agyekum Kuffour]] who have both served as diplomats of the United Nations.<ref name=cs/>

In September 2010, Ghana's former President [[John Atta Mills]] visited China on an official visit. Mills and China's former President [[Hu Jintao]], marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations, at the [[Great Hall of the People]] on 20 September 2010.<ref name="Hu Jintao-John Atta Mills">{{cite web |date=20 September 2010 |title=Hu Jintao Holds Talks with President of Ghana Mills |url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zzjg/fzs/gjlb/2999/3001/t755583.htm |access-date=4 January 2012 |work= |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China]]}}</ref> [[China]] reciprocated with a visit in November 2011, by the vice-chairman of the [[Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China]], [[Zhou Tienong]] who visited Ghana and met with Ghana's President [[John Dramani Mahama]].<ref name="Xinhua2011">{{cite web | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/12/c_122269189.htm | title=Visiting senior Chinese official lauds Ghana for political stability, national unity | publisher=Xinhua | date=12 November 2011 | access-date=13 November 2011 | author=Deng, Shasha | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909155705/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/12/c_122269189.htm | archive-date=9 September 2013 }}</ref>