President Speaks At 3rd Kofi Anna Peace and Security Forum

President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 28th February 2024, delivered the keynote address at the 3rd Kofi Anna Peace and Security Forum, held at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

This year’s conference is being held under the theme: “Migration and Societal Resilience in a Multipolar World Order: Addressing Conflicts and Building Peace in Africa”, an appropriate and timely theme for multiple reasons.

Sharing on his official Facebook page, the President wrote that “migration represents one of the most important and pressing issues in the contemporary world, and there can be no doubt that it will remain at the centre of the global development and security agenda over the next few decades. Population movements have always been an integral part of the human experience, often providing enormous opportunities, and serving as a vital catalyst for development and shared prosperity for both origin and destination states and societies.

At the same time, however, migratory movements are not without difficulties. If anything, the challenges have become increasingly varied and complex within the ongoing context of globalisation and new technologies of communication.

Equally critical is the phenomenon of climate change, which is accentuating the threats posed by food and water insecurity, heat stresses and droughts, rising sea levels and increased salination of arable lands, unpredictable weather patterns and extreme events, that include fiercer storms and floods.

The ability to leverage migration as a source of growth and shared prosperity in every part of the world demands scrupulously neutral assessments of both the proximate and root factors that drive it as well as the benefits and challenges that accompany migratory movements”.

Source:leakynews