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24 May Foreign Minister Botchwey Addresses Buckingham University; makes proposals for Democracy to deliver for Commonwealth Citizens
Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister and Regional Integration, Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has put forward proposals which she said would help deliver socio-economic benefits to citizens of the Commonwealth, in the face of the threats of disinformation, populism and declining trust in democracy....
06 May Ayorkor Botchwey calls for repositioning of The Commonwealth
Accra, Nov 11, GNA – Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has called for the repositioning of The Commonwealth to help transform the economies of member states and to ensure their resilience. Please click here to read more....
11 Mar King Mswati hosts Ayorkor Botchwey at Grand Festival
Ghana’s foreign minister, Shirley A. Botchwey, was a special guest of King Mswati III of Eswatini, at the annual Buganu festival commemorating the Marula fruit harvest, one of the biggest events of the southern African kingdom’s national calendar. Please click here to read more....
03 Mar Ghana, Caribbean nations forge closer ties, as Foreign Minister Ayorkor Botchwey attends Guyana summit
Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has held a series of bilateral and multilateral talks with Caribbean leaders, as a special guest at the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Summit in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, where the organisation is headquartered. Please click...
03 Mar CARICOM backing Ghanaian Foreign Minister as next Commonwealth Secretary-General
The 12 Commonwealth Caribbean nations seem set to support Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey to become the next Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, though the African Union is yet to decide who would be the continent’s candidate, a top source said Sunday. Please click here to...
18 Apr Statement delivered at PIFLM52 in Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Kia Orana, Your Excellency, Mr. Mark Brown, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands and Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Excellencies, Forum Leaders, Secretary General of the Forum, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen: I am truly honoured and grateful to be invited to join you at...
18 Apr ASWIM backs Ayorkor Botchwey for Commonwealth’s Secretary-General
The Association of Women in the Media (ASWIM) has endorsed the candidature of Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey for the Secretary-General position of the Commonwealth of Nations. Please click here to read more....