UN Secretary-General salutes Ghana

Mr Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary-General is among several world leaders and Presidents that are the latest to congratulate the government and Ghanaians on the 45th independence anniversary, which fell last Wednesday.

A statement signed by Mr Kojo Acquah, Acting Director of Information, Culture and Linguistic Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, named the others as Mr Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola, Mr Sam Nujoma of Namibia, Mr Festus G. Mogae of Botswana, and Mr Charles Ghankay Taylor of Liberia and Senior General Than Shwi, Chairman of the State of Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar.