Ghana is urging Member States of the Commonwealth to cooperate more with mutual respect and goodwill to deliver a common future for their people.
This follows the commemoration of this year’s Commonwealth Day under the theme: “Delivering a Common Future: Connecting Innovating, Transforming”.
In a statement to observe the day, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey assured of Ghana’s commitment to the Commonwealth by fervently upholding the values of the Commonwealth and reaffirmed the belief in the unique Organization as a powerful influence for good in the world.
“It is, therefore, our hope that as we mark this auspicious occasion, we will cooperate more, with mutual respect and goodwill, to deliver a common future for our people. We commit to a future that is evidently characterized by sustainable, peace, security, fairness and inclusivity,” she indicated.
“It is imperative that our abiding efforts would be geared towards assisting each other with our deeply rooted network of friendship amongst Member States, to achieve some of the goals, including; protecting our natural resources and boosting trade through the Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda,” she said.
According to Madam Ayorkor Botchwey, the relevance of the Commonwealth could not be underestimated in contemporary times, indicating that the Commonwealth had stood the test of time and had championed the promotion of prosperity, democracy and peace, justice and human rights, empowerment of women and young people, amplified the voices of small and vulnerable states, advocated the protection of the environment in terms of the blue economy through its Blue Charter and climate change.
She also indicated that apart from the great strides, the intergovernmental organization was placed on the path towards further championing trade facilitation through the Commonwealth Connectivity Agenda to boost trade among its Member States and help address threats such as debts, terrorism, corruption, inequality as well as racism.
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister expressed optimism that “It is our hope that with a common purpose through knowledge transfer, all can give and all can gain,” adding that it would lead to innovations that would transform lives and livelihoods to ensure an inclusive progress and a greater prosperity for all.
Source: Henry George Martinson@radiogoldlive.com
