The Speaker of Parliament of Ghana Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has been awarded with the Mahatma Gandhi Award for World Unity.
This award was bestowed on the Speaker during the 26th International Conference of Chief Justices of the World (ICCJW) which took place in Lucknow, India from November 19 to November 24, 2025.
The information was revealed in a press release on November 25, in which it was described as a further testament to the global iconic status of the Speaker as a champion of good governance, peace building and international diplomacy.
Project Leader of ICCJW, Prof. Sandeep Srivastava, who presented the award to Ambassador Jonathan Rexford Magnussen on behalf of the Speaker of Parliament, praised Hon. Alban Bagbin for his deep commitment to sowing peace across the world, and his passionate drive to protect thousands of children worldwide from the ravages of war.
According to Prof. Sandeep Srivastava, the world is in dire need of leaders like Rt. Hon. Bagbin who secretes the milk of love and kindness to nourish children into becoming the Mahatma Gandhis, Kwame Nkrumah’s and Nelson Mandela’s of tomorrow.
Organisers of the Conference also applauded the Speaker’s ‘unstinting support’ to children’s appeal for world unity and world peace and for a safe and secure future for over 2.5 billion children of the world and generations yet-to-be-born.
Ambassador Magnussen, on behalf of the Speaker of Parliament, expressed profound gratitude to the organisers of the 26th ICCJW for the recognition given to him. He assured that the Rt. Hon. Bagbin will continue to be committed to championing unity and peace in the world.
Ambassador Magnussen further noted that not only is Rt. Hon. Bagbin a global parliamentary leader with great respect and influence on international parliamentary affairs, but he is also an acclaimed peace broker who is currently a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Task Force charged with resolving the Russia-Ukraine war.
The 26th ICCJW was held to address rising global wars, climate-induced crises, and fractured governance at a time when, according to the UNHCR Global Trends Report for 2024, conflicts have displaced over 123.2 million people globally in 2024.
The Conference resolved that the world needs a renewed framework for collective security, and urged the United Nations to draw inspiration from Article 51 of the Indian Constitution, which advocates for the promotion of international peace and security, maintaining just and honourable relations, respect for international law, and the settlement of disputes through arbitration.
The Mahatma Gandhi Award for World Unity is now the latest of many honours and leadership positions conferred on Ghana’s Speaker of the Eighth and Ninth Parliaments for his international statesmanship and global democracy-enhancing credentials.
