{"id":46359,"date":"2022-08-13T10:04:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T10:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/commonwealth-secretary-general-to-make-debut-visit-to-gabon\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T04:54:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T04:54:01","slug":"commonwealth-secretary-general-to-make-debut-visit-to-gabon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/commonwealth-secretary-general-to-make-debut-visit-to-gabon\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Secretary-General to make debut visit to Gabon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Secretary-General will arrive in Libreville on 16th August and during her four-day visit, will meet the President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, and other senior government officials.<\/p>\n<p>The visit comes after Gabon was recently admitted as the Commonwealth\u2019s 55th member at the Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda. The Secretary-General will thus use her maiden visit as an opportunity to establish the foundations of a new relationship between Gabon and the Commonwealth, understand the challenges of the country, and explore areas of mutual cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of her visit, the Secretary-General said: \u201cWe were thrilled to welcome Gabon into the Commonwealth family at our Heads of Government Meeting in June. I am very much looking forward to my first visit to the country and meeting with leaders, ministers and officials.<\/p>\n<p>As a new Commonwealth member, this important visit will allow me to deepen engagement with the country and its people. It will also serve as a vital opportunity to discuss ways in which the Commonwealth Secretariat can serve and support the Government and people of Gabon in advancing our shared values and achieving our shared goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General\u2019s visit also coincides with the 62nd Anniversary of the Independence of Gabon on 17th August and she will therefore take part in the official celebrations in Libreville.<\/p>\n<p>{{About The Commonwealth Secretariat}}<\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal sovereign states. Its combined population is 2.5 billion, of which more than 60 per cent is aged 29 or under.<\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth Secretariat supports member countries to build democratic and inclusive institutions, strengthen governance and promote justice and human rights.<\/p>\n<p>Its work helps to grow economies and boost trade, deliver national resilience, empower young people, and address threats such as climate change, debt, and inequality.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-43659 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2022-06-24_at_11.40.57_am_0.jpg\" alt=\"The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland is set to make her first official visit to Gabon. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland is set to make her first official visit to the Commonwealth\u2019s newest member, Gabon, next week.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-46359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46359"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=46359"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=46359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}