Annual Review 2007-2008 - The Royal Commonwealth Society
Annual Review 2007-2008 - The Royal Commonwealth Society
Annual Review 2007-2008 - The Royal Commonwealth Society
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Contents<br />
<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Commonwealth</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
25 Northumberland Ave<br />
London, WC2N 5AP<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Tel: 020 7930 6733<br />
Fax: 020 7930 9705<br />
Email: info@rcsint.org<br />
Chairman’s <strong>Review</strong>............................................................................. 2<br />
Director-General’s Report ................................................................. 3<br />
Club and Membership ..................................................................... 4<br />
140th Anniversary of the RCS .......................................................... 7<br />
Public Affairs: A Platform for Change.............................................. 8<br />
<strong>2007</strong> Kampala CHOGM .................................................................... 10<br />
<strong>Commonwealth</strong> Action for Zimbabwe ........................................... 12<br />
Inter-faith dialogue ............................................................................ 13<br />
Holding Human Rights Hostage ...................................................... 14<br />
Migration / Finding peace in Kenya ............................................... 15<br />
Climate Change: Rising to the Challenge ..................................... 16<br />
Lobbying Parliament ......................................................................... 17<br />
<strong>Commonwealth</strong> Day <strong>2008</strong>................................................................. 18<br />
<strong>2007</strong> <strong>Commonwealth</strong> Vision Awards .............................................. 20<br />
Art at the RCS: from India to Glastonbury ..................................... 22<br />
<strong>Commonwealth</strong> Carol Service: Opportunity for all........................ 24<br />
<strong>The</strong> Voice of Youth ............................................................................ 25<br />
Re-connecting with the Past............................................................. 26<br />
International Meeting and Nkabom ................................................ 28<br />
Write around the World .................................................................... 29<br />
An International Network.................................................................. 33<br />
Supporters and Sponsors of the RCS.............................................. 37<br />
Trevor Phillips OBE: People on the Move....................................... 38<br />
Ladi Darlya: Gender Rights and Education..................................... 40<br />
Dr David Suzuki: Setting the Real Bottom Line.............................. 42<br />
Financial Reports ............................................................................... 44<br />
A World Organisation ....................................................................... 46<br />
With thanks to those who have<br />
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Carlos M. Bastos/RCS<br />
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Miles Giljam/RCS<br />
Devapriyo Das/RCS<br />
Claire Anholt/RCS<br />
Chi Kavindele/RCS<br />
Joanna Stephenson/RCS<br />
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