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| IDRC Congratulates John Atta Mills, Ghana's New President |
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In the fall of 2001, the Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues received funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the University of British Columbia, and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to support a one-year fellowship and visiting scholarship for Atta Mills.
He began his fellowship at the Liu Centre at a time when the complexities of Africa and its people were once again being brought to the forefront of the world’s attention. The New Partnership for Africa’s Development, or NEPAD, was to be the focus of the next G8 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.
“The international community certainly also has an important role to play in this exercise, but its efforts should be seen as being only complementary to those of Africans themselves,” wrote Atta Mills in a report, Africa in the World, which was published during his fellowship.
During his term at UBC, Atta Mills published widely on NEPAD and embarked on an education campaign that saw him address parliamentarians, universities, non-governmental organizations, and the media across Canada. Atta Mills spoke about Africa’s economic development plans and what role Canada could play in their achievement.
In a statement on Atta Mill’s election, Canada’s Minister of International Cooperation referred to the strong links between Canada and Ghana. “Canada and Ghana have a long history of cooperation and our ties are deepening. Canada will continue to collaborate with countries such as Ghana, which share democracy as a core value,” said the Honourable Beverley J. Oda.
A former Fulbright scholar at Stanford Law School, Atta Mills assumes the presidency after a distinguished academic career with the University of Ghana. His political career includes his appointment as Ghana’s vice-president in 1997. He led the National Democratic Congress party in two previous general elections.
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