Sri Lanka Hosting CHOGM 2013 : A Serious Problem
by Brian Senewiratne
( November 4, 2013, Brisbane, Sri Lanka Guardian)
“Sri Lanka hosting CHOGM is a joke. Is the (British) Commonwealth relevant any more?”
I argued that the Commonwealth was a farce, and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) a joke. That is not correct. I have re-written it to draw attention to an entirely different ‘event’ associated with CHOGM, the Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF).
( November 4, 2013, Brisbane, Sri Lanka Guardian)
This paper was written a month ago under a different title:
“Sri Lanka hosting CHOGM is a joke. Is the (British) Commonwealth relevant any more?”I argued that the Commonwealth was a farce, and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) a joke. That is not correct. I have re-written it to draw attention to an entirely different ‘event’ associated with CHOGM, the Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF).