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Achieving the goals in education: Released: 21 November 2007; Access for disadvantaged groups in the Commonwealth requires multiple interventions
Commonwealth Youth Forum closes: Released: 21 November 2007; Forum was the most successful yet – Joseph Okwakau, Chairman of the Forum
Climate change addressed at Commonwealth Youth Forum: Released: 21 November 2007; Director of Commonwealth Foundation highlights some of the potential effects of global warming
Delegates call for increased promotion of human rights: Released: 21 November 2007; “We need to do a lot more than we are doing” -- Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s Deputy Speaker of Parliament
Increasing trade and investment: Released: 21 November 2007; Transforming societies is as much a democratic process as an economic one – Don McKinnon
McKinnons tour ‘People’s Space’: Released: 21 November 2007; A great resource for ordinary people, says Commonwealth Secretary-General
Transforming Commonwealth developing countries into developed nations: Released: 21 November 2007; Commonwealth leaders to examine ways to enhance socio-economic and political development
Chaotic urbanisation major challenge for developing countries: Released: 21 November 2007; Rapid and chaotic urbanisation is a major challenge facing human kind, a high-ranking United Nations official said
Terrorism debate overshadows development issues – Kumi Naidoo: Released: 21 November 2007; “The war on terror has become a war against democracy” he said
McKinnon sees media role in building dynamic Commonwealth: Released: 21 November 2007; “Each one of you can talk about various issues taking place during CHOGM” – Secretary-General