SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BE HONOURED BY KUMASI UNIVERSITY

21 August 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2149

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BE HONOURED BY KUMASI UNIVERSITY

19980821 ACCRA, 21 August (UN Information Centre) -- United Nations Secretary- General Kofi Annan will accept an honorary doctorate degree (DSc Honoris Causa) by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, on Monday 24 August. Mr. Annan pursued studies at the University prior to receiving his undergraduate degree in economics from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1961.

The award will be presented at a convocation beginning at 14:30 hours on 24 August. The programme includes addresses by the Chairman of the University Council and the President Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, or his representative. The Acting Vice-Chancellor and the Chairman of the Council will preside over the awarding of the degree. The Secretary-General will then deliver his response.

Mr. Annan and his wife are on a private visit to Ghana.

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