Honorary consuls now exist in almost every country in the world. They are emerging as significant components of diplomatic power in the scheme of traditional diplomacy exercised from embassies.
I am very pleased to address you on this very important day. This day marks a milestone in the growth of the World Federation of Consuls and the planting of its concept and ideals on the very fertile soil of Africa.
Even though the world has known about the deadly Ebola virus, the diagnosis of the first Ebola patient on U.S. soil put Americans in a panic, fearing the virus that ironically few knew about even though it has been around for almost 40 years.