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	Ghana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Parliament of Ghana is unicameral and dominated by two main parties, the New Patriotic Party and National Democratic Congress.
		Ghana is located on the Gulf of Guinea, only a few degrees north of the Equator.
		Ghana has 12,130 primary schools, 5,450 junior secondary schools, 503 senior secondary schools, 21 training colleges, 18 technical institutions, two diploma-awarding institutions and five universities serving a population of 17 million; this means that most Ghanaians have relatively easy access to good education.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ghana (1162 words)

	Ghana, country, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ghana’s population is composed of many ethnolinguistic groups, the principal of which are the Akan (Ashanti and Fanti), Mole-Dagbani, Ewe, and Ga-Adangme.
		Operating under the constitution of 1992, Ghana is a multiparty republic with a president who serves as both chief of state and head of government.
		In precolonial times the area of present-day Ghana comprised a number of independent kingdoms, including Gonja and Dagomba in the north, Ashanti in the interior, and the Fanti states along the coast.
	www.bartleby.com /65/gh/Ghana.html (1313 words)

	USAID CP FY2000: Ghana
		Ghana is the principal ally of the United States in West Africa in promoting economic and political reform, and has repeatedly demonstrated - through both diplomacy and assistance provided by its armed forces - its commitment to helping resolve regional conflicts and promoting regional security.
		Ghana is also in the forefront of African countries that have made significant progress in consolidating democracy and in restructuring their economies to be more efficient and internationally competitive.
		Ghana has identified alternative short-term sources of electrical energy, however, a longer-term solution is dependent in part on policy changes in the energy sector.
	www.usaid.gov /pubs/cp2000/afr/ghana.html (4804 words)

	Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Accra, Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cooperation with the Parliament of Ghana in 2002
		… (3) Committees of Parliament shall be charged with such functions, including the investigation and inquiry into the activities and administration of ministries and departments as Parliament may determine; and such investigation and inquiries may extend to proposals for legislation.
		Whilst the still young Parliament of Ghana has earned itself quite a remarkable reputation as a comparatively independent and determined institution, it is nevertheless still lacking the experiences, resources and opportunities required to completely fulfill its constitutional mandate in the best possible way.
	ghana.fes-international.de /pages/parliament.html (542 words)

	Governments on the WWW: Parliaments
		Sabor Republike Hrvatske [Parliament of the Republic of Croatia]
		Parlamentul Republicii Moldova [Parliament of the Republic of Moldova]
		Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
	www.gksoft.com /govt/en/parliaments.html (650 words)

	Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The 1948 constitution established a bicameral parliament (Parlamento), consisting of a Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) and a Senate (Senato della Repubblica), a separate judiciary, and an executive branch composed of a Council of Ministers (cabinet), headed by the president of the council (prime minister).
		The president of the republic is elected for 7 years by the parliament sitting jointly with a small number of regional delegates.
		Under 1993 legislation, Italy has single-member districts for 75% of the seats in parliament; the remaining 25% of seats are allotted on a proportional basis.
	www.fambinders.ch /GH.CH.IT-INFO.htm (3596 words)

	Ethno-Net Database: Ghana
		Every citizen of Ghana of eighteen years of age or above and of sound mind has the right to vote and is entitled to be registered as a voter for the purposes of public elections and referenda.
		Parliament shall have no power to enact a law to establish or authorise the establishment of a body or movement with the right or power to impose on the people of Ghana a common programme or a set of objectives of a religious or political.
		The Government of Ghana shall conduct its international affairs in consonance with the consonance with the accepted principles of public international law and diplomacy in a manner consistent with the national interest of Ghana.
	www.ethnonet-africa.org /data/ghana/const1992.htm (12646 words)

	ADDRESS TO THE PARLIAMENT OF GHANA, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I say this because the people of Ghana, a forward echelon in that continuing struggle, elected you as their leaders and representatives because they knew that you would work to advance their cause and the cause of the peoples of Africa.
		When we in 1994, and in the presence of the leaders of the people of Ghana, hoisted the flag of freedom over the city of Pretoria, for too long a symbol of the apartheid crime against humanity, we signalled the completion of the continental process of the liquidation of the colonialism and racism in Africa.
		Our elected legislatures, such as the Parliament of Ghana, an independent judiciary and a free press are important parts of the new Africa we are working to create.
	www.dfa.gov.za /docs/speeches/2000/mbek1006.htm (1729 words)

	Polls Open for Ghana's Parliament, Presidential Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Voting has started in Ghana, for the fourth election since the introduction of the multiparty system, in 1992.
		At stake is the presidency and 230 sears in parliament.
		Although this year's production is the highest Ghana has had in years, many opposition supporters say it is not benefiting all of the people.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/en/2004-12-07-voa9.html (380 words)

	Feature Article of Thursday, 8 January 2004
		This suggests that Parliament in Ghana is not living up to its potential.
		Parliament is where the people who represent the citizens of a country come together to debate, discuss, reflect, and make decisions about how the country’s policies, laws and finances work to reflect the public will and the public interest.
		Most Parliaments have a Library and specialists at the Library of Parliament provide research and advice on policy aspects of legislation, as well as analysis and background information on government bills.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=49467 (1386 words)

	CPA - Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - Topics/Issues - Parliament and the Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Parliament and the Media: Building an Informed Society is a report of the above CPA Study Groups held in February 2003 and April 2002.
		In 2000, a Commonwealth-wide conference on Parliament and the Media was first organized in Delhi, India, by the CPA in collaboration with the Commonwealth Press Union (CPU), Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA), and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA), with financial support from the World Bank Institute (WBI).
		Parliament and the Media: Building an Effective Relationship is a report of a Conference in February 2000 supported by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the World Bank Institute, the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Lok Sabha of India.
	www.cpahq.org /topics/default.aspx?id=12 (327 words)

	Ghana.com - West Africa's Premier Internet Service Provider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ghana shares common boundaries with Togo in the east, Burkina Faso in the north and Cote d'Ivoire in the West.
		Ghana is divided into 10 administrative regions and 110 district assemblies.
		Ghana operates a 12-year pre-university education — six years of primary and three years each of Junior Secondary School and Senior Secondary School.
	www.ghana.com /ghana.htm (443 words)

	Elections in Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ghana has a population of around 21 million on 230,940 km².
		Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 2 and on civil rights with a 3, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
		Parliament has 230 members, elected for a four year term in single-seat constituencies.
	www.electionworld.org /ghana.htm (150 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Ghana’s national policy of free compulsory universal basic education aims to provide nine years of good quality schooling for all Ghanaian children by 2005 – for which the UK has contributed £52m over a five-year period.
		Ghana maintains close and friendly relations with its West African neighbours, largely through the regional organisation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in which it is a key player.
		Trade and Investment with the UK Ghana is the UK’s fourth largest export market in Africa.UK Exports to Ghana, valued at £152.22m in 2003,increased to £170.90 in 2004 and UK Imports from Ghana were £143.23m in 2003 and £236.99m in 2004.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019672601848 (1517 words)

	Graphic Ghana - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		To such Ghanaians, Parliament, which is supposed to be the people’s branch of government ; an avenue for their interests and preferences to be expressed, is an alien institution which operates in a mystery.
		In the third chapter of the guidebook is a detailed elucidation of the structure of Parliament in the Fourth Republican Parliament.
		The publication goes on to explain the qualification of a member of parliament, his disqualification, the factors which could inform his disqualification and the method to be adopted in the eventuality of the need for an MP to declare his seat vacant.
	www.graphicghana.com /article.asp?artid=6343 (1138 words)

	GRi in Parliament Ghana 13 – 12 - 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		GRi in Parliament Ghana 13 – 12 - 2000
		Parliament on Tuesday announced that it would reconvene for its third meeting of the fourth session on Thursday, December 14th at 10 am.
		This was in a statement signed by Mr Rex Owusu-Ansah, Clerk of Parliament.
	www.mclglobal.com /History/Dec2000/13l2000/13l0p.html (54 words)

	Graphic Ghana - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Parliament yesterday approved an agreement between Ghana and the Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Corporation for the sale and purchase of the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO).
		Voting on the motion had to be postponed on Wednesday, since the debate on the issue by the House could not be concluded because there was a split along partisan lines.
		He said the establishment of the integrated company would pave the way for the manufacture of engine blocks and other industrial tools and equipment which would be of great significance to mechanics at the Suame Magazine.
	www.graphicghana.com /article.asp?artid=3122 (612 words)

	USAID Ghana Mission: Program Overview - Democracy
		The Democracy and Governance program is supporting Ghana's efforts to consolidate democracy by supporting civic participation in the democratic process and ensuring that local and national governments are receptive and responsive to the interests of citizens.
		Enhancing responsiveness of key government institutions to citizens: USAID is supporting the Parliament of Ghana's efforts to strengthen its capacities to perform its legislative, representative, oversight and budget-related roles and responsibilities.
		Ghana's December 2004 Election marked the first sub-Saharan African national election in which visually impaired voters received the opportunity to vote in secret throughout the country.
	www.usaid.gov /gh/democracy/background (766 words)

	Ghana - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is bound by the Ivory Coast to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east and the Gulf of Guinea to the south.
		Nkrumah declared Ghana a single party socialist state and in Feb. 1966 when Nkrumah was visiting China, the military overthrew the government, suspended the constitution and installed a transitional government in preparation for a return to civilian rule.
		On March 6, 1992 Rawlings proposed that Ghana be returned to civilian rule on Jan. 7, 1993 with the draft constitution being approved in a referendum held in April, 1992.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/ghana.htm (1215 words)

	CONTROLESA - The Custodian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Nearly 50 Members of Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, most of them chairpersons or deputy chairpersons of parliamentary committees, gathered for a workshop in Akosombo at the Volta-Dam to discuss the role and function of the parliamentary committees and their chairs.
		E.Gyimah-Boadi, Executive Director of FNF partner institution "Ghana Center for Democratic Development" (CDD) outlined how much more remains to be done to render the institution of parliament fully capable of discharging its constitutional obligations such as of law making, executive branch oversight and others.
		Papa Owusu Ankomah, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader in Parliament, recogniced in his keynote address that committees suffer from a lack of resources, but suggested to make use of this workshop to capacitate MPs, committee chairs and their deputies.
	www.fnst.de /africa_news_archive/News/GhanaParlament.htm (166 words)

	Ghana's Legislature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Constitution of Ghana allows for a legislature; parliament, political parties and the local governemnt - the District Assembly, which sees to the enactment of laws and policies for the development and wellbeing of the nation.
		Parliament is composed of political parties in Ghana.
		The Vice-President or a Minister or Deputy Minister who is not a member of Parliament, shall be entitled to participate in the proceedings of Parliament* and shall be accorded all the privileges of a member of Parliament except that he is not entitled to vote or to hold an office in Parliament.
	www.ghanaembassy.dk /legislature.asp (160 words)

	Ghana parliament dissolved (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Accra - Ghana's 200-member parliament has been dissolved at midnight on Thursday as the term of government expired, making Ghana enter the fourth government in the fourth republic after a long period of military rule in the past.
		The third parliament had 200 members with 103 for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), 89 for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), three for the People's National Convention, one seat for the Convention People's Party and four Independent members.
		He expressed the hope that the fourth parliament would do better and move closer to the people in order to correct some wrong perceptions about the operations of the legislature.
	www.news24.com /News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1644007,00.html (269 words)

	Ghana
		November 2001, Ghana's parliament passed legislation which allows any person of African descent in the Diaspora to live and work in Ghana indefinitely.
		Previously, African-Americans in Ghana had continually to renew visas and work permits, which proved to be both costly and bothersome.
		Ghana is the first and only African nation to adopt legislation providing Africa's dispersed family a legal right to return.
	www.nathanielturner.com /ghana.htm (365 words)

	Ghana News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It was organized by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) and served as a platform for the participants that were drawn from both the public and private entities to review the progress of the decentralization concept and seek ways to enhance its implementation.
		Just as the correspondent and other colleague journalists were crosschecking some facts at the reception of the hotel, after the press briefing, the Queenmother, seething with anger, stormed the place and for close to an hour, barked at the top of her voice to the surprise of all present.
		She reiterated the necessity for Ghana to develop its own capabilities for science, technology and innovation in order for the nation to achieve an indigenous and sustainable problem solving approach for long-term development goals.
	www.newsrunner.com /ghanaweb/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/newsrunner.php (12915 words)

	Ghanaian Chronicle - Online : The current time is 12:29:02 AM on 11/20/2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It was an eyesaw in parliament yesterday when most members of the majority side of the house opposed a motion which was moved by the majority leader, Felix O. Agyapong, on the composition of the membership of the ECOWAS parliament from Ghana.
		He explained that if the majority side of the house left out the name of the member, they would not have been fair to him because as at the moment, the member is in Niger, attending a bureau meeting for the country.
		He noted that the ECOWAS parliament has its own protocol which states that a member forfeits its membership when he or she loses his seat in his home country.
	www.ghanaian-chronicle.com /thestory.asp?id=4950 (630 words)

	African Youth Parliament - Country Pages - Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The republic of Ghana formerly known as The Gold Coast is a constitutional democracy and was the 1
		Ghana also enjoys double per capita out put of poorer countries in Africa, but even with that the income of its citizen is one of the lowest in the world and it depends on foreign aid.
		The Ghanaian government devotes a large percentage of the national budget to its educational system, which is open to all.
	www.ayparliament.org /Ghana.htm (172 words)

	The Parliament of Ghana \| Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Felix Owusu — Adjapong intimated that the publication would foster closeness of Parliament to the public, providing supplementary information for lively discussions on Ghana’s Parliament among students and civil societies; and subsequently, erasing the wrong public perception of the work of Parliament.
		Alban S. Bagbin said Parliament will always need public support when performing its duties and the only guarantee for enlisting such a support is when the public is informed about the legitimate business and constitutional mandate of Parliament.
		Parliament, he noted, is able to function effectively when it is informed of the positions and interest it will represent.
	www.parliament.gh /newsdetails.php?id=0099 (618 words)

	Speaker of Ghana's Parliament Promises Disability Law
		Peter Ala Adjetey, the Speaker of Parliament, said last month that he would secure the passage of a bill that would provide antidiscrimination protections and ensure access for people with disabilities from discrimination.
		Disabled Ghanaians feel the need for such a law because, despite the provisions of the 1992 Republican Constitution (which guarantees their rights), they continue to face significant barriers to social and economic equality.
		The Speaker's promise has raised expectations in the disability community in Ghana, and disabled citizens wait to see if the promise is fulfilled.
	www.disabilityworld.org /01-03_03/gov/ghana.shtml (182 words)

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