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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88121, member: 27"] A missile strike on Ghanaian UN peacekeepers in Lebanon landed right as Ghana was celebrating its 69th independence anniversary. Ablakwa's address at the Commonwealth meeting [LIST] [*]Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa demanded Commonwealth condemnation of the attack. [*]Three injured Ghanaian soldiers needed surgical procedures. [*]His speech happened at the 26th Commonwealth foreign-affairs gathering in London. [*]Ablakwa called strikes on peacekeepers a blow to multilateralism. [/LIST] Ghana's push for accountability [LIST] [*]Ablakwa urged a full-scale investigation into the incident. [*]Ghana's government formally petitioned the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres. [*]Sanctions against those responsible were explicitly requested. [/LIST] Ghana's peacekeeping credentials [LIST] [*]Ghana ranks among the UN's top ten troop-contributing nations. [*]Thousands of Ghanaian soldiers have deployed to conflict zones globally. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]