The Commonwealth Conversation

Watch UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband emphasise the importance of engaging with the Commonwealth’s two billion people about the future of their association.

Watch Pakistani politican and former cricketer Imran Khan talk about what more the Commonwealth could be doing on Pakistan.

Watch Lord Janvrin, former Private Secretary to H.M. The Queen, explain the Commonwealth’s unique role in bringing people together in an era of globalisation.

Watch Imran Khan, retired Pakistani cricketer turned politician, talk about the unifying nature of cricket in the Commonwealth.

Read Australian Richard Flanagan, winner of the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize 2002, talk about his impressions of the Commonwealth.

In a message to mark the 2009 Commonwealth theme ‘serving a new generation’, Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus Chair Matthew Albert emphasises that young people must be involved in finding solutions to global problems.

Commonweath media NGOs condemn the Fijian government’s paralysis of free speech and free press.

Watch Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma explain the Commonwealth’s importance as a value based organisation that must continue working for cohesion and coherence in the global community.

Have you read the Commonwealth’s 1991 Harare Declaration, which defines the association’s fundamental political values. Does your country live up to them?

Dr. Mohan Kaul, Director-General of the Commonwealth Business Council, says the Commonwealth is a vastly underexploited network that can be a force for good in supporting global stability.