Ghana’s president wins award

  1. Posted on Tuesday 30 September 2008 - 14:40
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    Joseph Appiah-Dolphyne, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana Photo: Der Standart
    President Kufuor of Ghana has been named winner of the 2008 Chatham House Prize. The award is to show for his sterling stewardship as he enters the twilight of his two-term presidency. It is for his tireless and selfless mediation in multiple crises across the continent as chairman of the AU in 2007.
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    The award is also in recognition of the Kufuor’s positive role in mediating conflicts with Ghana's immediate neighbours, including Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, as well as making economic growth a priority and contributing to social freedom and the development of a robustly free press in Ghana.

    In August 21, 2008, He also own the "Merit Award for Excellence"from the African Association of Quantity Surveyors in recognition of his contribution towards the development of Africa and especially Ghana, an honour he shares with the legendary Nelson Mandela of South Africa.

    The annual Chatham House Prize is awarded a statesperson deemed by Chatham House members to have made the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations in the previous year.

    The prize

    President Kufuor beat three other nominees to the title; HH the Aga Khan, Founder, Agha Khan Development Network; Ambassador Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, US; and HE Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.

    The prize is a crystal award and a scroll signed by Chatham House Patron, Her Majesty the Queen. President Kufuor will be expected in London on Monday, October 27 to collect his award from HRH.

    Previous winners of the prestigious award include Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al-Missned of Qatar and UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education – (2007); HE Joaquim Chissano, President of Mozambique from 1986 to 2005 (2006); and HE President Victor Yushchenko of Ukraine who picked the 2005 prize.

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