LONDON, CMC – The Commonwealth Affiliation has introduced that Sir Ronald Sanders will ship this 12 months’s Commonwealth Lecture on July 1 at Marlborough Home, the seat of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
This 12 months’s lecture will mirror on the legacy and enduring classes from the life and management of the late Sir Shridath “Sonny” Ramphal, who served because the Commonwealth’s second and longest-serving Secretary-Basic from 1975 to 1990.
Sir Shridath died on August 30, 2024, and the lecture can be preceded by a memorial service in his honor at The Queen’s Chapel, St James’s Palace, earlier within the day.
The lecture will happen within the presence of the present Commonwealth Secretary-Basic, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, and can be attended by company from throughout the Commonwealth.
“The occasion is totally booked,” the Commonwealth Affiliation famous, “with overflow house lined up for individuals who aren’t capable of get into Marlborough Home.”
Sanders, who’s Sir Shridath’s son-in-law, brings deep private perception and many years {of professional} engagement with the Commonwealth to the event. Sir Ronald is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the US and Excessive Commissioner to Canada.