African Union Champion for African Financial Institutions and President John Dramani Mahama will host a milestone high-level event on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly to formally launch "The Accra Reset: Reimagining Global Governance for Health and Development."
This historic initiative will introduce a revolutionary and achievable plan to radically redesign the international system of governance to make it fit-for-purpose in a risky, post-SDG environment.
A statement issued by the Minister of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, said that the event will host a influential gathering of Heads of State, multilateral institution leaders, philanthropic institutions, business entrepreneurs, and civil society representatives from across the globe in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and global institutions.
Key Announcements & Impact
In this ceremony, President Mahama will formally declare the inauguration of a Global Presidential Council as a vanguard institution with Heads of State and Government from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and other key regions.
The Council will provide political leadership to steer The Accra Reset's agenda. It will then form a High-Level Advisory Panel, with influential leaders in health, finance, innovation, and business, both ensuring political will and intellectual sophistication in developing new models for global collaboration.
Why This Matters Now
The MDGs and SDGs have served as the guiding beacons of highest priority, lifting millions out of poverty and fostering unprecedented collaboration.
But the UN's 2023 assessment pointed out that fewer than half of the 169 SDG targets are on course, and that global health, inequality, and fiscal resilience are in particularly serious trouble. As 2030 nears, the world requires more than another list of vows.
The Accra Reset claims that the age of "development-as-usual" is at an end. What is needed now is a radical overhaul, a Reset of the very thinking behind global cooperation.
In continuation of the August 2025 Africa Health Sovereignty Summit in Accra, this effort promotes a new logic of action: one that appreciates robust coalitions, syndicates, and responsive platforms with capacity to deliver concrete results in the context of worldwide polycrises.
Health, acutely exposed to international shocks and an irresponsible model of aid, is the sector first being addressed in highlighting such new thinking and enlisting systemic action in every area of development.
