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Witness Seminar Participants, March 2014

by evanamusoke | Jan 6, 2017 | Uncategorized

Dr Denis Blight Head of the Australian Aid program for South-East Asia and China, 1984-1986. Director-General, Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (formerly Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux), 2000-2005. Chief Executive of the Crawford Fund, 2008-. Hugh...

Witness Seminar – The Commonwealth Secretariat, Economics and Development, and Global Politics

by evanamusoke | Jan 6, 2017 | Australia, CHOGM, Civil Society, Commonwealth Foundation, Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), Commonwealth Secretariat, Constitutional Change, Decolonisation, Democracy, Development, Diplomacy, Education, Elections, Fiji, Human Rights, India, Media, Mozambique, New Zealand, Queen, Small States, South Africa, United Kingdom, United Nations, Zimbabwe (see also Rhodesia)

The Witness Seminar was held on 24th March 2014 at the Australian National University in Canberra. Download Witness Seminar. Programme Session 1: The Commonwealth Secretariat Session 2: The Commonwealth, Economics and Development Session 3: The Commonwealth in Global...

Interview with Ambassador Salman Haidar

by evanamusoke | Dec 13, 2016 | Apartheid, Commonwealth Secretariat, Decolonisation, Diplomacy, India, Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Pakistan, Queen, South Africa, United Kingdom

Download Interview Transcript. Biography: Haidar, Salman. Born in India. Graduate of Delhi University and University of Cambridge. Indian Foreign Service, 1960-. Minister/Deputy Permanent Representative of India at the United Nations in New York, 1977–80. Indian...

The Maldives Leaves the Commonwealth

by evanamusoke | Oct 21, 2016 | Blog, Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), Democracy, Elections, Good Governance, Human Rights, Maldives, Small States

Dr Eva Namusoke, Postdoctoral Research Officer On 13 October 2016 the Maldives became the third country to leave the Commonwealth. The decision came after a number of years defined by a frosty relationship with the Commonwealth, centring on allegations of undemocratic...

Interview with Ambassador Muchkund Dubey

by evanamusoke | Oct 12, 2016 | Bangladesh, CHOGM, Climate Change, Democracy, Development, Diplomacy, India, Sri Lanka, Uncategorized, United Kingdom

Download Interview Transcript. Biography: Dubey, Muchkund. Born in India. Indian Foreign Service, 1957-1991. Former Indian Foreign Secretary. Former High Commissioner to Bangladesh. Indian Permanent Representative to United Nations in Geneva, 1982-85. Professor,...

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Witness Seminar Participants, March 2014

Witness Seminar – The Commonwealth Secretariat, Economics and Development, and Global Politics

Interview with Ambassador Salman Haidar

The Maldives Leaves the Commonwealth

Interview with Ambassador Muchkund Dubey

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