On 20-21 May, the report of the Commission for Africa formed part of debate at the Ditchely Conference, 'Security, Development and Human Rights: Shaping the Emerging International Doctrine'. The conference was organised by the UK Cabinet Office, Department for International Development and the Centre for Strategic Studies, Washington, in cooperation with the Ditchley Foundation.

Among elements of the conference debate, the recommendations in the Commission report were considered alongside other key recent reports, including In Larger Freedom, the Report of the UN Secretary-General; Our Shared Respondibility, the report of the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change; and Investing in Development, the report of the UN Millennium Project. The debates looked in particular in security issues in the reports and forward to the 14-16 September 2005 UN Summit.

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