Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman headed the Malaysian delegation at the two-day 32nd meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) which started on July 30 in London. Anifah chaired the meeting, in Malaysia's capacity as the Chair of CMAG for the 2007-2009 term, to review the political situation in the Fiji Islands.
The CMAG adopted a Concluding Statement at the end of its meeting on July 31. The primary mandate of the CMAG is to deal with serious or persistent violations of the Harare Principles contained in the 1991 Harare Declaration of the Commonwealth, such as democracy, human rights and rule of law, independence of the judiciary, and good governance. The CMAG membership currently comprises Ghana, Malaysia, Namibia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Uganda and the United Kingdom.
