The Commonwealth Conversation

The Commonwealth Association, Uganda, hopes to engage over 400 people in their consultations on the future of the Commonwealth.

Sir Don McKinnon, former New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former Commonwealth Secretary-General has written an article for the New Zealand Herald. He asks “is attending CHOGM worthwhile?” and puts his case for New Zealand’s continued involvement.

Conversation event in Namibia

After an intense few days, our report is off to the printers and will be published next week, just as Commonwealth leaders and officials turn up for CHOGM in Trinidad.

The Commonwealth fails to live up to its promises on human rights, says the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative.

With the largest gathering of Commonwealth civil society, the Commonwealth Peoples Forum, about to kick off in Trinidad and Tobago, Mark Collins, Director of the Commonwealth Foundation, reflects on the value of Commonwealth civil society.

A Commonwealth Conversation took place between a group of young people in Namibia.

A Commonwealth Parliamentary Association event took place in Tanzania on 2nd October, as part of the Commonwealth Conversation. Delegates from the UK, Australia, Canada, Malta, St Lucia, Bermuda, South Africa, Uganda, Swaziland and Zambia met to discuss the future of the Commonwealth.

In a recent opinion piece for Canada’s National Post, Canadian publisher and historian, Conrad Black puts forward a controversial idea – that the Commonwealth should become an elite organisation.

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, David Miliband, teamed up with the UK branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the RCS to host an event in the UK Parliament. Parliamentarians were invited to attend and discuss the future of the Commonwealth.