Posted: 08 December 2003
The Aso Rock Declaration adopted by the heads of government urges the
Commonwealth Ministers and the Secretary-General to work on implementation
and requested a progress report to the next CHOGM in Malta in 2005.
"These commitments must now be turned into an Action Plan for specific
Commonwealth cooperation between governments, business and civil society,"
said delegation head Ced Simpson, Amnesty International New Zealand
Director.
"Such an Action Plan should take account of specific recommendations made
by civil society organisations at the Commonwealth Peoples Forum which
preceded the CHOGM," Mr Simpson said, "including the call for all
governments to ratify and implement international human rights treaties."