provides for a range of measures from Commonwealth disapproval to suspension.
Nineteenth Meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare
Declaration (CMAG), Kasane, Botswana, 16-17 May 2002
The Group received a report from the Secretary-General on recent developments in
Zimbabwe. It also took note of the Coolum CHOGM's Statement on Zimbabwe and the action
taken by the CHOGM Chairpersons' Committee on Zimbabwe on 19 March 2002 to suspend
Zimbabwe from the Councils of the Commonwealth for one year. CMAG welcomed the
ongoing efforts of President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and President Thabo Mbeki of
South Africa, amongst other initiatives, to achieve reconciliation and economic recovery in
Zimbabwe. CMAG decided it would keep Zimbabwe on its agenda but would take no further
action given the decision of the CHOGM Chairpersons' Committee to remain seized of the
issue.
Twentieth Meeting Of The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group On The Harare
Declaration (CMAG) - Concluding Statement, Marlborough House, London, 31
October - 1 November 2002.
The Group received a report from the Secretary-General on recent developments in
Zimbabwe, including the meeting of the Commonwealth Chairpersons’ Committee, held in
Abuja, Nigeria, in September 2002. CMAG maintained the decision taken at its last meeting to
keep Zimbabwe on its agenda but agreed not to take any further action given the decision of
the Commonwealth Chairpersons' Committee to remain seized of the issue and continue its
on-going efforts.
Twenty-First Meeting of The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on The
Harare Declaration (CMAG), Marlborough House, London, 19-20 May 2003.
CMAG received an update from the Secretary-General on recent developments in Zimbabwe.
The Group noted the Commonwealth Statement on Zimbabwe of 16 March 2003, and the
Secretary-General's Report to the 'Troika' subsequently circulated by the Chairperson-inOffice to all Commonwealth Heads of Government. CMAG maintained the decision taken at its
last meeting to keep Zimbabwe on its agenda.
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