Lesotho Compact Signing Ceremony
In a signing ceremony July 23, 2007 at the State Department’s Benjamin Franklin room, Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Ambassador John Danilovich, and Lesotho’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations Mohlabi Kenneth Tsekoa signed a $363 million Compact designed to reduce poverty by promoting sustainable economic growth. MCC’s Chair, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, officiated and witnessed the signing joined by Lesotho’s Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili.