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Kufuor returns home
Accra, Oct. 14, Ghanadot/GNA - Former President John Agyekum
Kufuor arrived home on Tuesday night after four weeks travel
abroad which took him to the United States, Europe and Asia
during which he received an honorary doctorate degree and
assumed chairmanship of the international peace group,
Interpeace.
The Inje University in Seoul, South Korea awarded him an
honorary doctorate degree (PhD) in Political Science for his
exemplary leadership as President of Ghana for two terms and for
his contribution to peace in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Kenya.
A statement signed by Mr Frank Agyekum, Press Secretary at the
Office of former President, said Swiss-based Interpeace, which
was supported by the United Nations and works towards peace and
conflict resolution in areas of civil strife, made him Chairman
of their Board of Governors.
Former President Kufuor's chairmanship of Interpeace follows the
stepping down of former Nobel Peace prize winner and former
President of Finland, Marti Athesari, after nine years.
Former President Kufuor becomes the first African and the first
person in the Southern hemisphere to head Interpeace.
The statement said during his visit to the US the former
President formally launched the 700th anniversary of the
founding of Exeter College at the University of Oxford of which
he is an alumnus, and delivered lectures at the Medical College,
Cornell University and at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in Boston, Massachusetts.
At The Hague, The Netherlands, former President Kufuor was the
special guest speaker at the celebration of 60 years of Dutch
development cooperation dubbed: "The Millennium Event - 60 years
of Dutch development cooperation."
In Tokyo, Japan, former President Kufuor addressed an
international conference on: "Africa and Globalization -
Enabling a Better Future," at the United Nations University.
Former President Kufuor described his tour as gratifying and
said it was ample testimony of the international community's
appreciation of leaders who promoted the rule of law and
promoted human rights as well as the welfare of their people.
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