Commonwealth Day: Celebrating global friendships and partnerships

ON Mar 14, the 2.5 billion people who make up the Commonwealth family, across 54 countries, come together to celebrate Commonwealth Day. This annual observation, which takes place on the second Monday of March every year, is a chance to convene to recognise the friendship and partnership between a family of nations that spans across the globe.

This year, the theme of Commonwealth Day, and of the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is Delivering a Common Future.

This message is particularly resonant, given what the world has been through in the past 2 years. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted, for better or for worse, the interconnectedness and interdependence of the international community.