Ghana joins the International Community today, Monday, 21st September 2020 to observe World Day of Peace.
World Peace Day or International Peace Day is a United Nations-designated day and the theme for this year is “Shaping Peace Together.”
According to the Global Peace Index 2020, Iceland was the most peaceful country in the world with an index value of 1.078.
The Global Peace Index is an effort by the Institute for Economics and Peace to measure the degree of peacefulness in countries across the globe and rank them accordingly.
Ghana has been ranked the most peaceful country in West Africa and third on the continent in the 2020 Global Peace Index report.
It will be recalled that in 2019, Ghana obtained the same position in the sub-region, but has improved one step further on the continent as it placed fourth last year.
National Peace Council (NPC) became operational in 2011 with the passing of Act 818.
Its establishment abolished the previous peace strategy of National, Regional, and District Security Councils that established Regional Peace Advisory Councils (RPACs) and District Peace Advisory Councils (DPACs).
The National Peace Council (NPC) is an independent statutory national peace institution established by the eight hundred and eighteenth (818) Act of the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, named The National Peace Council Act, 2011.
Thus any activity undertaken by the Council must be derived from its mandate under Act 818.
The core function of the Council is to prevent, manage, and resolve conflict and to build sustainable peace.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
