DHAKA, March 10, 2020 (BSS) – The British high commission here has
celebrated the Commonwealth Day with youths, discussing Commonwealth’s role
in climate action, ensuring inclusive education and social and cultural
pluralism.
At least 150 young Bangladeshis from multiple movements gathered at the
British high commission in the capital at the invitation of British High
Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson to celebrate the commonwealth day on
Monday, a press release said here today.
The high commissioner emphasised young people’s engagement and efforts to
address issues that impact the common future of Bangladesh and other
Commonwealth states.
Young people from the Bangladeshi Commonwealth Network, Chevening scholars,
British Council Active Citizens and members of FameLab, Jaago Foundation,
Youth Opportunity, BYLC and other organisations joined the discussion to
celebrate the day with this year’s theme of “delivering a common future”
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 independent and equal
sovereign states, home to nearly one billion of the world’s young people.
The UK is working with all member states to ensure promoting democratic
values and development, increasing trade, amplifying the voices of vulnerable
states, and tackling global challenges such as climate change.
The Commonwealth is not just a network of governments, also an important
network in today’s globalised world as one of its key strengths is the
people-to-people links which span every continent, said the Britsh high
commission release
There is a network of over 80 intergovernmental, civil society, cultural
and professional organisations connecting the Commonwealth’s 2.4 billion
citizens, it added.