What is Commonwealth Day 2017? Read the Queen's message to citizens

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Imogen Groome Published Mar 13, 2017, 11:32am | Updated Dec 12, 2019,. Today, 52 countries are coming together to celebrate Commonwealth Day under the theme 'A Peace-building Commonwealth'.

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Queen Elizabeth II has delivered a message for Commonwealth Day 2017, urging the 2.5 billion Commonwealth citizens to show "respect and understanding" for one another. She added that the 52.

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The year 2017 marks 40 years since it became a global celebration on the same day every year, the second Monday in March. On 1 January 2017, Her Majesty sent a message of congratulations to the people of Canada in the 150th anniversary year of Confederation - https://www.royal.uk/message-queen-people-canada

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Commonwealth Day (formerly Empire Day) is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations, since 1977 often held on the second Monday in March. [1]

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Updated on 3/14/2017 at 11:00 PM.. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II spent a few hours celebrating the unity of the 52 countries that make up the Commonwealth of Nations (all in a day's work, right?).

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Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland also conveyed a similar message, emphasizing the greater need for co-operation between the commonwealth nations.. Commonwealth Day 2017: Queen.

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Monday 13th March 2017, 3.15 pm The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) is a network of individuals and organisations committed to improving the lives and prospects of Commonwealth citizens across the world. Founded in 1868, it is non-partisan, is independent of governments, and is supported by public generosity.

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Celebrating 'A Peace-building Commonwealth' for Commonwealth Day on Monday 13 March 2017. Commonwealth Day Message This Commonwealth Day, I near the completion of my first year in office as Secretary-General, serving the governments and people of more than fifty Commonwealth member states.

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On March 13, 2017 May 24, 2017 By RSB In Royal News Well, well, well, I wasn't expecting to post today in preparation for all the activity planned later this week, but here we are. Today is Commonwealth Day, held annually on the second Monday in March, on which the 52 Commonwealth countries celebrate their unity and diversity.

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The 52 countries of the Commonwealth celebrate Commonwealth Day 2017 marks 40 years since Commonwealth Day became a global celebration marked on the same day every year: on the second Monday in March

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Flags in Parliament Square, London for Commonwealth Day, March 2017. Date: 10 March 2017, 14:38: Source: Commonwealth Day 2017: Author: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Camera location: 51° 30′ 02.5″ N, 0° 07′ 38.35″ W.

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2017 marks 40 years since Commonwealth Day became a global celebration marked on the same day every year: on the second Monday in March Share your messages and photos on Twitter and Facebook using the hashtags #Commonwealth4Peace and #CommonwealthDay

What is Commonwealth Day 2017? Read the Queen's message to citizens

13th March: 2017 marked 40 years since Commonwealth Day became a global celebration marked on the same day every year: on the second Monday in March. Commonwealth Day 2017 highlights 15th March: Krystle Reid, co-founder of Enable Lanka Foundation, was named Commonwealth Young Person of the Year.

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The emphasis was on peace-building - this year's theme - at the 2017 Commonwealth Day Service at Westminster Abbey on 13 March. The current Commonwealth Chair-in-Office, Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat spoke of "fault lines" and "uncertainty" in today's "dangerous world". "Peace and reconciliation can be achieved.

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14 March 2017 Location: Eden Hall Delivered on: 13 March 2017 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to welcome you all to Eden Hall to.

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Commonwealth Day 2017 represents a call to each of us to recognise the role we have to play in building a just, stable and peaceful society, for it is only through sustainable peace that we can fully realise the economic and social development of our people.