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President Kufuor to address UN General
Assembly
From: Kwaku Osei Bonsu, GNA Special Correspondent, New York
New York, Sept. 22, Ghanadot/GNA - President John Agyekum
Kufuor has arrived in New York to attend the 62nd Session of
United Nations General Assembly.
Key on the agenda are high-level discussions on climate
change, development financing, implementation of
anti-terrorism strategies and facilitating achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
President Kufuor and other Heads of State and Government of
the 192-member world body including US President George W.
Bush, in keeping with UN tradition would make statements
after the formal opening on Tuesday, September 25.
President Kufuor is also among 20 political leaders invited
by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to make presentations at
the high-level deliberations on climate change.
He would participate in the UN Security Council's Special
Session on Africa, where the Darfur crisis is expected to
feature prominently.
President Kufuor's other engagements are bilateral talks
with the Prime Ministers of Portugal and Denmark, the
Angolan President, US Secretary of State, President of the
World Bank and Director General of World Food Programme.
He was accompanied by his wife Theresa, Mr Akwasi Osei-Adjei,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD.
The rest are Ms Elizabeth Ohene, Minister of State, Ministry
of Education, Science and Sports, Dr Kwame Bawuah-Edusei,
Ghana's Ambassador to the UN, Mr Leslie Kojo Christian,
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN.
GNA
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