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Kofi Annan to Deliver Lecture
Accra, Jan 23 GNA - Busumuru Kofi Annan, Former United
Nations Secretary- General, is scheduled to deliver a
lecture as part of the nation's golden jubilee celebrations.
This was contained in a statement by the Ghana@50
Secretariat and signed by Mr Henry Wellington Okyne, the
Public Affairs Officer.
The inaugural lecture which would be delivered at the Accra
International Conference Centre on Thursday, January 25,
2007 at 1730 hours is on the theme: “Championing Africa’s
Renaissance: In pursuit of Self-Reliance and Sustainable
Economic Liberation in Africa”.
The President John Agyekum Kufuor would be the guest of
honour at the function to be chaired by Professor Adzei
Bekoe, Chairman of the Council of State.
Kofi Annan arrives in Accra on Tuesday after serving a
two-time five year terms as the Secretary General of United
Nations. He was the second African to occupy that office
after Egyptian, Butros Butros Ghali.
GNA
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