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Speeches

A selection of the speeches on Commonwealth issues:

After Abuja: Africa and the Commonwealth
10 February 2004
Secretary-General Don Mckinnon, Africa All-Party Parliamentary Group, House of Commons, UK
Welcome to the Global Coalition on Women and Aids
2 February 2004
Winston Cox, 
Speech at the opening ceremony of 2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
5 December 2003
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, Abuja, Nigeria
Opening Remarks at the meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Small States
29 November 2003
Secretary-General Don Mckinnon, Abuja, Nigeria
The EU and the Commonwealth: Common Interests and Challenges
14 November 2003
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, European Policy Centre, Brussels, Belgium
The Commonwealth: A Partner For Democracy and Development
15 October 2003
Secretary-General Don Mckinnon, Commonwealth Foreign Correspondents’ Association, Johannesburg, South Africa
Speech at the 49th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
7 October 2003
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Speech at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting
16 September 2003
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, Brunei Darussalam
The Commonwealth and Africa: A Precious Partnership
1 September 2003
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Abuja, Nigeria
'What future for the Commonwealth in the current international order?'
18 July 2003
Secretary-General Don McKinnon, Royal Commonwealth Society, London, UK