Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has congratulated Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey on her assumption of duty as the seventh Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.
“Being the first African Woman to occupy this prestigious office, we know she will continue to make Ghana and Africa proud,” Mr Ablakwa said in a statement.
Madam Botchwey upon her assumption of office as the new Commonwealth Secretary-General, paid a courtesy call on King Charles, the Head of the Commonwealth, at Windsor Castle in London on Friday, April 4.
Madam Botchwey, a former Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration officially assumed office as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth on April 1, pledging to advance the values of the Commonwealth Charter in a world marked by rising tensions and shifting alliances.
Madam Botchwey, who succeeds Madam Patricia Scotland, is the first African woman and the second African overall to lead the association of 56 countries.
The Commonwealth represents a third of the world’s population and more than a quarter of the United Nations membership.
