Gifty Botwe: What the Accra Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents means for exporters and importers

By Resolution 80/162, the United Nations General Assembly authorised the ceremony, expressed its appreciation for Ghana’s offer to host it, and recommended that the treaty be known as the Accra Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents (hereinafter referred to as the convention), a designation that will tie Accra, Ghana’s capital, to the treaty for posterity.