Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma said he was looking forward to a landmark Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, Australia, from 28 to 30 October in respect of its emphasis on reform, renewal and resilience.
Speaking at a pre-CHOGM Foreign Ministers Meeting press conference in Perth on 26 October 2011, Mr Sharma said: "The CHOGM theme is Building National Resilience, Building Global Resilience, which points to the inter-connectiveness of the two and also to the fact that a series of crises have impacted upon the member states of the Commonwealth as to the rest of the world. The aim [of CHOGM] is for heads [of government] to be free for in-depth engagement on a wider stage."
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