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Secretary-General Disappointed by WTO Outcomes in Hong Kong
Released:  22 December 2005
Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon has expressed deep disappointment over the recently concluded World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference in Hong Kong. The event took place from 13 to 18 December 2005.

Post-Tsunami Volunteer Doctors Remain in Service in Maldives
Released:  22 December 2005

New Publication: 'Commonwealth Heads of Government Reference Report 2005'
Released:  15 December 2005

Digital Divide in the Commonwealth Deepens Inequalities
Released:  15 December 2005

Helping Hand for Sri Lanka's Small Businesses
Released:  15 December 2005

Modernising Public Services through Public-Private Partnerships
Released:  15 December 2005

Oppose All Torture, Commonwealth Secretary-General Urges
Released:  15 December 2005

Statement by Commonwealth Small States to the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference
Released:  15 December 2005
Fifteen Commonwealth small states have sent a statement to world trade ministers urging reform in at least two areas of the multilateral trading system.

International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2005 - Message by Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon
Released:  9 December 2005
Torture is a violation of human rights, a violation of international law, and a violation of everything for which the Commonwealth stands.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Launches Manual to Mark International Human Rights Day
Released:  8 December 2005
Human rights must be a fundamental cornerstone for strong and open societies, said Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon. He pointed out that active, entrepreneurial, energetic and self-starting societies are stifled in the absence of rights-based protections to freedom of expression and opinion.

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