UK celebrates C’wealth Day 2020 with BD youths

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Diplomatic Correspondent :
The British High Commission in Dhaka celebrated Commonwealth Day 2020 on Monday on their premises. The programme was hosted by the British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson.
This year, the theme for the Commonwealth Day was “delivering a common future”. The High Commissioner emphasised young people’s engagement and efforts to address issues that had impact on
 the common future of Bangladesh and other Commonwealth states.
The programme had presence of 150 successful Bangladeshi youths from multiple movements. They represented platforms like Bangladeshi Commonwealth Network, Chevening scholars, British Council Active Citizens and members of FameLab, Jaago Foundation, Youth Opportunity, BYLC and other relevant organisations. They discussed on Commonwealth’s role in climate action, ensuring inclusive education and social and cultural pluralism.
The Commonwealth is home to nearly one billion of the world’s young people. There is a network of over 80 intergovernmental, civil society, cultural and professional organisations connecting the Commonwealth’s 2.4 billion citizens.
Dickson emphasised young people’s engagement and efforts to address issues that had impact on the common future of Bangladesh and other Commonwealth states.
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 independent and equal sovereign states and is an important network in today’s globalised world.
The UK is working with all member states to ensure the Commonwealth realises its full potential, by promoting democratic values and development, increasing trade, amplifying the voices of vulnerable states, and tackling global challenges such as climate change.
The Commonwealth is home to nearly one billion of the world’s young people. The Commonwealth is not just a network of governments – one of its key strengths is the people-to-people links which span every continent.
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