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Commonwealth Secretary General meets
President Mills
Accra, April 14, GNA-Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh
Sharma, meeting President John Evans Atta Mills in Accra has
lauded Ghana's democratic credentials, saying the success at
her recent polls espoused the democratic values of the
Commonwealth.
He also lauded Ghana's role in the formation of the
Commonwealth Secretariat and its support over the years,
which had culminated in the entrenchment of the ideals of
good governance, democracy, development and
growth of member countries.
Mr Sharma, also congratulated President Mills on his victory
at the
polls and assumption to the office of president.
He said the democratic values espoused by Ghana fell within
the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, which scrutinizes
the principles agreed upon by
member states.
He spoke of the Commonwealth meeting scheduled for Trinidad
and Tobago later in the year.
Mr Sharma said environmental issues, food security, and the
global financial downturn, which had affected states, which
had made financial contributions towards running of the
Commonwealth, were issues that were of
the concern to the organisation.
He however, expressed confidence that the global economic
downturn would not, hopefully to
lead economic catastrophe, adding that Ghana had
particularly displayed its commitment to addressing concerns
of youth, women and the larger society.
President Mills lauded the Commonwealth for its role in the
peaceful nature of Ghana's last elections and its
contributions to Ghana's political stability.
He said Ghana was proud of its membership of the
Commonwealth and the benefits derived thereof, in terms of
exposure.
President Mills said Ghana's association with the
Commonwealth had impacted positively on Ghanaians, in terms
of human development and pledged continued association of
Ghana to the Commonwealth.
Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Attorney General and Minister of
Justice, until recently Director of Legal Affairs at the
Commonwealth Secretariat in London, lauded the Secretariat
for its support to human resource development of Ghana
Judicial Service, through the Judicial Training Institute.
GNA
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