CCHOGMHOGM 2007 2007
The Queen’s speech
at the Commonwealth Heads of
Government meeting in Uganda
P
resident Museveni, Prime Minister 33rd members. Since then,
Gonzi, Secretary-General, Ladies and our association has continued
Gentlemen, to attract new members
while addressing the great
Thank you for your kind words of welcome. I preoccupations and concerns
am delighted to be joining you here in Kampala of our times.
and to see for myself a Commonwealth
in such good health. This is the last such Uganda’s rich history is
occasion to profi t from the leadership of Don longer. Humankind has been
McKinnon as Commonwealth Secretary- present here as far back as our
General. He has brought energy and passion archaeology and history will
to the stewardship of the Commonwealth allow us to go. And just as the
through the fi rst years of a new century. people and ideas that originated
His determination to preserve and promote in this part of Africa spread out
the relevance of the Commonwealth in the to other parts of the globe, so
service of its two billion people has been too the wider world has come
truly outstanding. Secretary-General, we to touch the lives of Ugandans.
owe you a very substantial debt and will miss This week, it comes here to Kampala in the
there is no single recipe for success. No-
you greatly. form of the Commonwealth.
one could expect that. But we do know
that giving people the greatest possible
When I fi rst addressed a meeting of Heads The theme chosen for this CHOGM,
voice in the way they are governed, and
of Government of the Commonwealth ‘Transforming Societies’, conveys a clear
the greatest possible access to education,
thirty years ago, Papua New Guinea and the commitment to change for the better. No
are two of the most important ingredients.
Seychelles were welcomed as its 32nd and single society has achieved perfection, and
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