The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Mr Kamalesh Sharma, constituted an Observer Group for the Solomon Islands National Parliamentary Elections of 4 August 2010 at the invitation of the Solomon Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade.
The Group was led by Dr. Arthur Donahoe, Q.C., former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, and comprised nine persons in total. The Group was supported by a staff team of four persons from the Commonwealth Secretariat.