President Mahama to Unveil Accra Reset at UNGA 2025
By: Isaac Boamah Darko – New York
New York — President John Dramani Mahama will formally launch “The Accra Reset: Reimagining Global Governance for Health and Development” on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the Office of the President announced in a press release signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu.
The initiative, billed as a bold and actionable framework to overhaul global governance architecture in a turbulent post‑SDG era, will be introduced at a high‑level event convening Heads of State, leaders of multilateral institutions, philanthropies, private sector innovators and civil society representatives from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and global organisations.
At the New York event, President Mahama — who serves as the African Union Champion for African Financial Institutions — is expected to unveil the establishment of a Global Presidential Council. According to the release, the council will bring together Heads of State and Government from across key regions to provide political leadership for The Accra Reset. The council will in turn constitute a High‑Level Advisory Panel of experts from health, finance, innovation and business to lend technical guidance and strategic direction.
“The Accra Reset asserts that the era of ‘development‑as‑usual’ is over,” the release says, framing the initiative as a response to mounting evidence that current global cooperation mechanisms are failing to deliver. Citing the UN’s 2023 review, the statement notes fewer than half of the 169 SDG targets are on track, with global health, inequality and fiscal resilience singled out as particularly vulnerable.
The Accra Reset builds on momentum from the August 2025 Africa Health Sovereignty Summit held in Accra, the presidency’s statement said. The initiative proposes a new operating logic that prioritises “resilient coalitions, syndicates, and agile platforms capable of delivering concrete results amidst global polycrises,” with the health sector serving as the initial focus to demonstrate new models of cooperation and funding.
Government communicators said the move is intended to shift away from what the release describes as an “unsustainable aid paradigm” and to catalyse practical, cross‑sectoral reforms that can be scaled to other development priorities.
Details on membership of the Global Presidential Council, the remit and composition of the High‑Level Advisory Panel, and timelines for concrete deliverables were not disclosed in the release. Organisers said the Accra Reset will seek both political will and intellectual rigour to forge new models of global cooperation.
The press release was signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Member of Parliament, Spokesperson to the President of the Republic of Ghana, and Minister for Government Communications.