Keir Starmer is going to Samoa to ‘discuss shared challenges and opportunities’, says spokesperson
All three candidates to succeed Patricia Scotland as Chogm secretary general at the summit have said they support reparations.All three candidates to succeed Patricia Scotland as Chogm secretary general at the summit have said they support reparations.The issue of reparations for slavery is not on the agenda for next week’s Commonwealth heads of government summit, and the UK is not considering paying up, Downing Street has said.
Among its tasks is to pick a new secretary general in place of Scotland, the British peer and former attorney general who has been in the role since 2016. Speaking at a debate hosted by the Chatham House thinktank in London, Shirley Botchwey, Ghana’s foreign minister, said the idea of financial reparations was “good”, adding: “Whether or not the Commonwealth has a role to play will depend on the heads of government, who will give the secretary general her marching orders.”
Mamadou Tangara, the Gambia’s foreign minister, said: “I am fully in support of reparatory justice. The Commonwealth can use its convening power to facilitate the dialogue and make it happen.”
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