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Speeches

A selection of the speeches on Commonwealth issues:

Speech at a Reception for Commonwealth Ambassadors in Brussels
2 March 2005
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, Dorint Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
Is the Commonwealth Relevant?
21 January 2005
Speech at the Mauritius International Meeting
14 January 2005
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, Port Louis, Mauritius
“The Commonwealth – dead or alive?”
9 November 2004
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, City University, London
UNSCR 1325 on women’s role in the prevention and resolution of conflicts
28 October 2004
Speech at the CAPAM 10th Anniversary Biennial Conference
24 October 2004
Secretary-General McKinnon, Shangri-la Hotel , Singapore
The Commonwealth in the 21st century
23 October 2004
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan
Advancing Global Citizenship: The Role of the Commonwealth
14 October 2004
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, Royal Society of Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
Opening Address at the 2004 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting
28 September 2004
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, Basseterre , St Kitts & Nevis
Strategic Skills for Africa 2004: Trans-national expansion within Africa
7 September 2004