The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group was established to deal with serious or persistent violations of the Commonwealth's fundamental political values.
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare Declaration (CMAG) was established by Commonwealth Heads of Government in November 1995 to deal with serious or persistent violations of the Harare Declaration, which lays down the Commonwealth's fundamental political values.
The Group is convened by the Secretary-General and is composed of the Foreign Ministers of eight Commonwealth member countries, supplemented as appropriate by one or two additional ministerial representatives from the region concerned; it currently includes the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Lesotho, Malaysia, Malta, Papua New Guinea, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and United Republic of Tanzania.
Their tasks is to asses the nature of the infringement and recommend measures for collective Commonwealth action aimed at the speedy restoration of democracy and constitutional rule.
The composition, terms of reference and operation of the Group is decided is reviewed two years. CMAG was reconstituted by Commonwealth Heads of Government at their meeting in Valletta, Malta in November 2005.
To date it has met 27 times, the last meeting was in New York on 23 September 2006.
