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09/07/2022 GMT

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Is the Commonwealth of Nations still relevant?

A local audience from the city of Birmingham in the UK - soon to host the Commonwealth Games - and an audience joining via video link from across the Commonwealth put their questions to an expert panel. Anita Anand presents the debate which ranges from issues around reparations for slavery and the role of the monarchy to human rights, the environment and economic development.

The panel: 
Anne Gallagher: Director General of the Commonwealth Foundation
Maisha Reza: Former Chairperson of the Commonwealth Students Association
Brian Alleyne: Senior lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London 
Philip Murphy: Director of History and Policy at the Institute of Historical Research

BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council, which connects the UK and the world through arts, culture, education and the English language.
 
Producers: Helen Towner and Charlie Taylor 
Engineers: Chris Weightman and Ian Mitchell

(Photo: Flag bearers carry flags of the Commonwealth at Westminster Abbey during The Commonwealth Day Service in March 2022. Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

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