The 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) ended here on Sunday with the release of a communiqué which said that the right to equitable economic development and political rights could not be seen in isolation from each other.
The Heads of Government recognised the right to equitable development as an “integral part of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.” The right to sustainable development, protection of the environment, access to health, education, food, jobs, shelter, freedom of migration, and international peace and security were portrayed as being inseparable from the more generally accepted human rights such as the right to democracy, tolerance, freedom of expression, and the rule of law. “The Heads emphasised that these values were inter-related and mutually reinforcing,” the communiqué said.
The South African President, Jacob Zuma, told the media that ways to reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 claimed the attention of the Heads, most of the time.
The problems of the developing countries, especially the smaller among them, and terms of international trade, were the predominant concern of the 51 countries in attendance.
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