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The 16th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (16CCEM) will
be held in Cape Town, South Africa , on 11-14 December 2006. The theme
of the Conference is ‘Access to Quality Education: for the Good of All’.
The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Mahmood Mamdani,
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology,
Columbia University. Professor Mamdani is a chief advisor to the UN
High Level Panel on Alliance of Civilisations for 2005-06.