As a lead speaker at the Commonwealth Youth Forum of November 2013, Salma Yusuf, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Sri Lanka, had a unique opportunity to reflect on youth’s role in reconciliation and policy-making. It was indeed an honour to address emerging leaders of Commonwealth nations hailing from four of the world’s inhabited continents. What was …

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Health Ministers from the Commonwealth’s 53 nations met in Geneva last month to discuss global health issues. Tamara McKayle, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Jamaica spoke with Deodat Maharaj, Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth about looking beyond the 2015 Millennium Development Goals deadline and shaping health issues for the Post-2015 agenda. On Millennium Development Goals …

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This guest post is by Dinesh Gajendran, Asia member of the Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace working group who recently attended the Commonwealth Sports and Post 2015 forum. The Commonwealth Youth Sports for Development and Peace working group represents the young voice of Commonwealth in advocating for sport as a development tool. I …

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Students have a clear vision of the future they want, and as Ariela St. Pierre-Collins, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados reports, they were not hesitant to share those views with the United Nations Secretary General when he attended the CARICOM Heads of Government summit. Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary General, paid a visit to …

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