Accra (Greater Accra) Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, would pay a five-day official visit to Ghana from Saturday July 29 to Wednesday August 2.

His wife, Mrs. Nane Annan would accompany him, a statement by the United Nations Information Centre in Accra said on Wednesday.

It would be the first official visit to Ghana since Mr. Annan became UN Secretary-General. The statement said the visit is in recognition of Ghana's distinguished leadership role in regional and international matters and its long-standing participation in UN and regional peacekeeping efforts.

While in the country Mr. Annan would pay a courtesy call on President Jerry Rawlings and receive a National Honour in recognition of his service to the nation and humanity and as a mark of Ghana's pride in his achievements.

He would lay a wreath at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Ghana, and cut the sod for the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Teshie.