Ghana News Agency
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has appointed new ambassadors to represent the country in Switzerland, Angola, Qatar, and Israel. The appointees are tasked with advancing Ghana's interests in health, trade, and human rights on the international stage.
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Diplomatic appointments are essential for Ghana to influence international policy and secure its economic and social objectives within global institutions.
Accra, Oct. 16, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama has charged Mr Jedidiah Reuben Adogla, Ghana’s Permanent Representative in Geneva, Switzerland, to build coalitions with African countries and other partners where their interests converge.
He also tasked him to help ensure that international rules take account of the needs of developing economies.
The President charged the representatives when he commissioned Mr Adogla together with three other new ambassadors at the Presidency in Accra.
The three other new ambassadors are Nana Antwiwaa Dodoo, Ambassador to Angola; Mr Louis Kwame Obeng, Ambassador to Qatar; Mrs Evelyn Korantemaa Ofosu-Amable, Ambassador to Israel.
The told Mr Adogla that as Ghana’s Permanent Representative in Geneva, he represents Ghana at institutions whose decisions affect public health, trade, labour, and human rights.
He charged him to ensure that Ghana’s positions were well articulated, clearly expressed, and supported by sustained engagement with other delegations that he encounters.
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