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 Foreign Minister, Akwasi Osei-Ajei “Democracy is the path we have chosen and it is the path we shall maintain,” he said. The Minister said till date, government had released a total of GH¢13, 844,130 to the Electoral Commission as part of the GH¢42, 618,504 required for the 2008 elections. He said the EC was yet to apply for the remaining GH¢28, 774,374 adding that government would, on its part, ensure the timely release of the amount. Mr. Osei-Adjei also briefed the diplomats on the outcome of some regional deliberations including the 34th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Governments of ECOWAS, the 11th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States and Governments of the African Union and the 19th NEPAD and ninth African Peer Review Summits. He noted that issues of major concern at all those conferences were those of peace and security in individual states, world food crises, soaring world oil prices, the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and how to facilitate the process of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa state. Mr. Osei-Adjei noted that at the conferences, African leaders declared their commitment to improve the economic lot of their peoples through the vehicle of integration and called on the international community represented by the members of the diplomatic corps to support Africa in that effort. “You should understand that Africa’s economic development and the survival of democracy on the continent are linked to Africa’s unity. If Africa unites it will be in the interest of the global economy,” he said. He said African leaders also used the summits to call on the European Union not to pressurize individual African states into signing the interim EPA ahead of a critical examination of the details of the full EPA. He said the heads of states charged the African Union Commission to study the EPA critically and report to the AU Assembly before a final decision would be taken. “One High point of the AU Summit was President John Agyekum Kufuor’s farewell address to his colleagues since it was his last as President of Ghana. He called on his colleagues to pursue the objectives of achieving a union government and ultimately the United States of Africa,” he said. The briefing session was the first of its kind and the Minister assured the diplomats that it would be held regularly. Source: GNA Comments (0)
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