Ghana's membership in international organizations

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Ghana is a member of various international organizations and groups. The most important are the memberships in the United Nations (since 1957) and its sub- and special organizations, in the International Monetary Fund and in the World Bank . At the regional level, the memberships in the African Union and the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS), an economic community in West Africa, are most significant.

The following is a detailed list of Ghana's memberships:

United Nations

Ghana is a member of the United Nations (UN) and the following specialized agencies:

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Labor Organization (ILO)
International Development Organization (IDA)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Peace operations

Ghana has participated in the following UN peacekeeping operations or is still deployed there:

United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
United Nations Mission in Burundi (ONUB)
United Nations Operation in Ivory Coast (ONUCI)
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)

Lending

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Bank Group
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) part of the World Bank Group
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) part of the World Bank Group
African Development Bank (AfDB)

trade

International trade

World Trade Organization (WTO)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Cocoa Organization (ICCO)

Regional trade

West African Economic Community (ECOWAS)

Regional organizations

African Union (AU)
Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP)

Other international organizations

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Criminal Court (ICC)
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
International Organization for Migration (IOM) as an observer
Interpol

International groupings