President John Dramani Mahama will on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) officially launch “The Accra Reset: Reimagining Global Governance for Health and Development.”
A statement from the Presidency Communications explained that the initiative seeks to introduce “a bold and actionable framework designed to fundamentally transform the global governance architecture, ensuring it is fit-for-purpose in a turbulent, post-SDG era.”
According to the statement dated September 21, 2025 and signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Spokesperson to the President and Minister for Government Communications, the event will convene world leaders, innovators, civil society groups, and philanthropists from across Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and global institutions.
At the event, President Mahama will also formally announce the establishment of a Global Presidential Council, a pioneering body comprising Heads of State and Government from key regions across the world.
“The Council will provide political leadership to drive The Accra Reset’s agenda. It will constitute a High-Level Advisory Panel, bringing together renowned leaders from health, finance, innovation, and business, ensuring both political will and intellectual rigour in forging new models for global cooperation,” the statement noted.
Highlighting the urgency of the initiative, the statement recalled that the UN’s 2023 review revealed fewer than half of the 169 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets were on track, with global health, inequality, and fiscal resilience in particularly dire straits.
“As 2030 approaches, the world needs more than another list of promises. The Accra Reset asserts that the era of ‘development-as-usual’ is over. What is required now is a fundamental re-engineering, a Reset of the very logic of global cooperation,” it added.
Building on the Africa Health Sovereignty Summit held in Accra in August 2025, the Presidency stressed that the health sector will serve as the initial focus of the new operating framework.
“The health sector, acutely exposed to global shocks and an unsustainable aid paradigm, serves as the initial focus for demonstrating this new thinking and inspiring systemic action across all development sectors,” the statement emphasized.
President Mahama, who also serves as the African Union Champion for African Financial Institutions, is expected to use the launch to rally global support for innovative governance that prioritizes resilient coalitions and actionable results for development.
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