Commonwealth Day 2006

 

13 March 2006: The Presiding Officer, the Rt Hon George Reid MSP, today presented certificates to young people who took part in an essay competition organised by the Royal Commonwealth Society (Scotland).

In his remarks at the awards ceremony, held in Edinburgh's City Chambers, Mr Reid said:

"Half of the Commonwealth's 1.7 billion citizens are aged under 25. They live in 54 countries - an extended global family which finds unity in diversity".