On October 26, local time, the signing ceremony for the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships was held in Accra, the capital of Ghana. Jiang Chenghua, Vice Minister of Commerce of China, signed the convention on behalf of the Chinese government. A total of 26 countries, including China and Ghana, became the first signatories to the Convention. The Convention will subsequently be open for signature by states at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.