Matthew Neuhaus was speaking at the Commonwealth Day celebrations in the Parliament Building, Stormont, in Northern Ireland, on 10 March 2008.
The Commonwealth’s work on conflict resolution 'never ends'
10 March 2008
“It is in the hearts and minds of men and women that wars are won, and where conflict must finally be brought to an end” – Matthew Neuhaus, Director of Political Affairs
The Commonwealth’s work on conflict resolution never ends, Matthew Neuhaus has said.
The Director of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Political Affairs Division was speaking at the Commonwealth Day celebrations in the Parliament Building, Stormont, in Northern Ireland, on 10 March 2008.
Mr Neuhaus, who was invited by William Hay, Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, explained that the Commonwealth’s approach to conflict resolution “is above all rooted in our values – of democracy, equality, rule of law, representative government and freedom of expression.”
He added that the Commonwealth’s work is “there for the long term [as] a force for democracy, for development and for peace.”
“Common solutions” to these long term and “new challenges,” Mr Neuhaus said, will be found by “working together.”
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