In 2009, the Commonwealth Secretariat signed a Letter of Agreement with UNESCO in which the two organisations agreed to work together in reaching the six EFA goals.

UNESCO: Seminar on Education and Violent Conflict

That test, says Mr Winters in his paper for the Commonwealth Secretariat, is like the crudest form of protectionism: prohibiting imports of goods where local supplies are available.

ECONOMIST: Managing the market

Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Interim Director responsible for Education at the Commonwealth Secretariat, said that the effects of violent conflict deny millions the right to education and pose a great barrier to achieving the EFA goals.

UNESCO: Seminar on Education and Violent Conflict

Today, the Permanent Delegation continues to work even more closely with UNESCO, Permanent Delegations, Electoral Groups, Regional Groupings like the G 77 and China, the ASEAN UNESCO Committee, and as well other international organizations like the Commonwealth Secretariat in London and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand in addressing some of the current, global challenges that are confronting the organization.

UNESCO: Background

To concentrate minds, leaders arriving in the Caribbean will be presented with two reports, both of which are remarkably blunt, considering that one was funded in part by the Commonwealth's small Secretariat, and the other came from the Royal Commonwealth Society, the largest of the NGOs that promote the club.

ECONOMIST: The Commonwealth