Kufuor returns home

Accra, July 4, GNA - Former President John Agyekum Kufuor returned home

on Friday night after a 10-day working visit to Geneva, Switzerland and

Washington DC, USA, where he was made member of the Board of Directors of

the Leon Sullivan Foundation.
The Sullivan Foundation was established to carry on the missionary work

of the late Reverend Leon Howard Sullivan, civil rights pioneer and

unflagging campaigner against apartheid.
A statement issued by Mr Franck Agyekum, Press Secretary, Office of the

Former President, said the Foundation's mission was to advocate for the poor

and disadvantaged worldwide – with a special focus on Africa. The Board is

currently chaired by Ambassador Andrew Young, former US permanent

representative to the United Nations.
It said while in Washington, former President Kufuor attended the second

session of the High-Level Commission on Modernization of the World Bank,

formed early this year by the Bank.
The 12-member body chaired by former Mexican President, Ernesto

Zedillo, is tasked with making recommendations on how the institution is

governed so that it can better fulfill its mission of overcoming global

poverty. The Commission held its first meeting about a month ago.

The statement said in Geneva, former President Kufuor addressed the

2009 conference of the Global Humanitarian Forum, founded in 2007 by Dr Kofi

Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The Forum is an international humanitarian organization that fosters

dialogue and brokers partnership to strengthen the international community's

ability to address more efficiently, current and emerging.

The theme of this year's conference was: 'Human Impact of Climate

Change'
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