The Commonwealth Conversation

Most of the countries of the Commonwealth still criminalize sexual acts between consenting adults of the same sex. This needs to change says Joel Simpson, Co-Chairperson of Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination.

Sir Peter Marshall, former Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General, and Zoe Ware, from the Royal Commonwealth Society, give two differing perspectives on the Commonwealth at 60 from their respective generations in the October 2009 issue of The Round Table, The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs.

Sir Paul Reeves, the Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Fiji, says that the suspension of Fiji from the Commonwealth does not mean the expulsion of her people. In an interview just prior to his visit to Fiji on 8-9 September 2009, Sir Paul, who is the former Governor-General of New Zealand, said that he hopes the Commonwealth can continue to offer assistance in restoring democratic governance in Fiji.

The Commonwealth Youth Caucus got together with the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association to make a radio feature on the next Head of the Commonwealth. One caller thought Prince Charles was the link between modernity and tradition. Have a listen…What do you think?

Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP, former UK Foreign Minister, discusses the strengths of the Commonwealth and the challenges facing it as part of the Commonwealth Conversation.

A Gambian journalist living in exile, who was forced to flee his country in July 2007 after being chased by the country?s intelligence services.

On the day Fiji is fully suspended from the Commonwealth, Dr. Mere Tuisalalo Samisoni, legal elected member of Lami Open Consituency in 2006, gives his thoughts: