为这次庆祝活动选择的主题“我们想要的未来，我们需要的联合国：重申我们对多边主义的集体承诺”既相关又紧迫。1946年1月10日在伦敦威斯敏斯特卫理公会中央大厅举行的联合国大会第一届会议会址距离我们位于马尔巴罗大楼的英联邦秘书处总部不到一英里。2019年12月30日，英联邦秘书处和联合国签署了一项新的谅解备忘录，承诺作为姊妹组织开展更加密切的合作。我们一致同意在紧迫的全球问题上开展协作，例如治理与和平、可持续发展、包容性增长、气候变化、制止暴力侵害妇女和女童行为以及体育促进发展与和平。
The theme chosen for this celebration, “The future we want, the United Nations we need: Reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism” is both pertinent and urgent. The venue for the first session of the United Nations General Assembly, held on 10 January 1946 at the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London, is less than one mile away from our Commonwealth Secretariat headquarters at Marlborough House. The Commonwealth Secretariat and the United Nations signed a new memorandum of understanding on 30 December 2019, committing as sister organizations to working even more closely together. We agreed to collaborate on pressing global issues, such as governance and peace, sustainable development, inclusive growth, climate change, ending violence against women and girls and sports for development and peace.