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Titolo: India's Prime Minister supports Commonwealth initiatives

un articolo interessante che consiglio di leggere, soprattutto l'inizio 
sulla questione della riforma della finanza globale.
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http://www.thecommonwealth.org/news/34580/34581/184402/201008sgpm.htm
India's Prime Minister supports Commonwealth initiatives
20 October 2008
Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma in talks with Dr Manmohan Singh in New 
Delhi
India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has assured Commonwealth 
Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma of his support of initiatives to enhance 
the role of the Commonwealth and to increase its impact on the world stage.
In a meeting in New Delhi on 20 October 2008 when Mr Sharma called on Dr 
Singh at Parliament, the latter said that the Commonwealth must make its 
presence felt on the issue of reform of international financial 
institutions, in the context of the initiative taken by US President George 
W Bush to convene an international conference of key players.
Mr Sharma said the Commonwealth advocates greater inclusiveness and 
participation in the discussions on reform. He recalled that the 
Commonwealth was the first international organisation to advocate this in 
the Marlborough House Statement adopted by 11 leaders in London in June this 
year, which had subsequently been supported by a summit meeting of 
Commonwealth leaders in New York. He also apprised the Prime Minister on the 
decisions by Commonwealth finance ministers, at their recent annual meeting 
in St Lucia earlier this month, to follow up on the leaders' decisions.
The Secretary-General briefed the Prime Minister on other proposed 
Commonwealth initiatives in the fields of democracy and development, 
including a mechanism to facilitate networking among election management 
bodies to raise standards and enhance public confidence in the credibility 
of elections, and the sharing of knowledge and good practice in a range of 
areas through a special portal. He further highlighted the Commonwealth 
Connects programme, which aims to bridge the digital divide in the 
Commonwealth, to which India is a major contributor. Mr Sharma highlighted 
the Commonwealth role in fostering greater harmony among its diverse 
population, through the promotion of respect, tolerance and understanding, 
as advocated in the report Civil Paths to Peace, produced by a Commonwealth 
Commission chaired by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen.
The discussions also touched on the upcoming 60th anniversary celebrations 
of the modern Commonwealth in 2009 and how India could mark this milestone, 
bearing in mind the country's seminal decision to retain membership of the 
Commonwealth when it decided to become a republic, following its 
independence from Great Britain; the new Commonwealth came into being with 
the London Declaration of 1949.
The Secretary-General, who is on an official visit to India, also held talks 
with Vice-President Mohammed Hamid Ansari and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha 
(Lower House of Parliament), Somnath Chatterjee.
The Secretary-General met the Minister of State for Youth and Sports, Dr M S 
Gill, on 21 October and they discussed the role of sport in consolidating 
societies and promoting development. Mr Sharma was briefed on preparations 
for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The minister indicated that 
preparations were on track and that areas in which more work was needed were 
receiving attention.
Mr Sharma also met the Leader of the Opposition, L K Advani, at Parliament 
House where they exchanged views on the importance of democracy and good 
governance in a country's development and the role of Parliament being at 
the heart of the democratic experience.
The Secretary-General also addressed some 100 guests at an event organised 
by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi on 20 October. 
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On 22 October Mr Sharma briefed India's Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, on 
the position taken by Commonwealth Heads of Government in support of an 
inclusive and participatory process of reform of the Bretton Woods 
institutions (World Bank and International Monetary Fund) including the 
possibility of working towards an international conference on the shaping of 
a new global financial architecture.
At their meeting the Finance Minister acknowledged the Commonwealth position 
and the initiatives taken more recently by others, including President Bush. 
He said that India's approach to a new global financial order would be 
informed by the principles that any new dispensation must be universal in 
scope and include agreed common minimum regulatory standards. 

 Amalrick P. Pot
come mi dicesti a suo tempo, non scrivere cosě se no diventano ciechi ;-))