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Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group Meets In London

22 May 2004

The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare Declaration (CMAG) is meeting in London, UK, today. This is the first meeting of CMAG after its reconstitution by Commonwealth leaders in Abuja, Nigeria, in December 2003.

The Hon Olu Adeniji,  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria and Chairperson of the reconstituted CMAG with Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon.

Delegates arrive for the meeting at Marlborough House.

Delegates meeting in Marlborough House.

The Group includes the Foreign Ministers of The Bahamas, Canada, India, Lesotho, Malta, Nigeria, Samoa, Sri Lanka and United Republic of Tanzania.

CMAG will consider the situation in Pakistan, which is currently suspended from the councils of the Commonwealth.

The Group will also consider developments in Fiji Islands, which has remained on CMAG's agenda since the lifting in 2002 of its suspension from the councils of the Commonwealth. 

CMAG was established by Commonwealth leaders in 1995 to deal with serious or persistent violations of the Harare Commonwealth Declaration of 1991, which lays down the association's fundamental political values.

The Group was reconstituted by Commonwealth Heads of Government at their meeting in Abuja last year. It usually meets twice a year to consider developments in the countries on its agenda.