UN Sec-Gen Receives Black Stars Shirts (PHOTOS) | General Sports

Ghana has offered a personalized Black Stars shirt to the UN Secretary Gen Antonio Guterres on the UN HQ on Friday on the sidelines of Security Council conferences the place Ghana is President for the month of November.

Ghana performs in Group H with Mr Guterres' nation, Portugal, on November 24 on the World Cup in Qatar.

“This jersey is a gift from President Akufo-Addo. I'm sure the value will go up when we win the World Cup,” Ghana's Permanent Representative on the UN, Harold Agyeman informed Mr Guterres.

In response, the Secretary-General mentioned, “the color of the jersey is just like that of (Portuguese club) Benfica, the team I support.”

Mr Guterres informed his employees to maintain the shirt securely in case Ghana did, in actual fact, win the World Cup.

He was additionally offered with a wooden and glass-framed shirt in white, autographed by the Black Stars gamers.

President Akufo-Addo is because of tackle the Security Council on November 10.

Ghana is utilizing its two-year time period on the council, which started in January this yr, to convey the world's consideration to the foundation causes of insecurity in Africa, particularly within the Sahel and West Africa, and press for improvements in peace-keeping mandates .