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Kufuor leaves for worldwide tour
Accra, Sept. 11, Ghanadot/GNA - Former President John Agyekum
Kufuor left Accra on Thursday night for a three-week working
visit to the US, Europe and Asia.
Former President Kufuor would first stop in New York where he
would formally launch the 700th anniversary of the founding of
Exeter College of the University of Oxford, UK, in front of
about 400 alumni, according to a statement issued in Accra on
Friday by Mr Frank Agyekum, the Press Secretary of the former
president.
Himself an alumnus, the former President would deliver a speech
on “Oxford Education and Public Service” to mark the anniversary
of the college which falls 2014, the statement said.
Also in New York, former President Kufuor would address the
faculty and students the Medical College of Cornell University
on: “The Health of a Nation-State: A Social Vision for Ghana and
the World.”
Before leaving New York, former President Kufuor would meet
former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize winner Marti
Ahtisaari, who steps down as Chairman of the Board of Governors
of Interpeace this year.
The meeting is to formally invite former President Kufuor to
assume chairmanship of the Board. Interpeace is an international
peace-building organization that helps to build peace in divided
and conflict areas.
From New York former President Kufuor would go to Boston,
Massachusetts, where he would deliver a speech on: “Your
Leadership of Ghana and Africa and Ways that Governments can
Support and Promote Entrepreneurs,” at the prestigious Legatum
Lectures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Former President Kufuor’s next stop would be in The Hague, the
Netherlands, where he would be a special guest speaker at the
celebration of 60 years of Dutch development cooperation.
Former President Kufuor would highlight development cooperation
from the Dutch government to Africa with special reference to
Ghana under the broad topic “The Millennium Event – 60 years of
Dutch Development Cooperation.”
Other speakers at the forum would include Nobel laureate
economist, Joseph Stiglitz, Oxford economic professor, Paul
Collier and UK Minister for Africa Affairs, Marc Brown.
Former President Kufuor then flies to Tokyo, Japan, to address
an international conference on: “Africa and Globalization –
Enabling a Better Future,” at the United Nations University.
His last stop will be in the Republic of Korea where he would
engage business executives on investment prospects in Africa.
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