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A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The agreed reforms include a new Commonwealth Charter and measures to strengthen work on election observation and human rights.
Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire gave a speech about the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth at the Royal Commonwealth Society.
Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire: "We are committed to efforts to strengthen and reform the organisation so that it remains relevant into the future."
Commonwealth Foreign Ministers agree recommendations for modernising the Commonwealth.
Minister for the Commonwealth Lord Howell highlighted the relationship between business and sport within the Commonwealth family at an event on 2 August.
Ministerial Task Force focuses on recommendations for strengthening the Commonwealth
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