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St Lucia Prime Minister visits Commonwealth Secretariat
Released:  9 October 2009
Stephenson King met with Kamalesh Sharma at Marlborough House on 9 October 2009

Message from the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth on World Teachers Day 2009
Released:  5 October 2009
As the Commonwealth celebrates World Teachers Day in 2009, it also celebrates its own 60th anniversary, and 50 years of Commonwealth co-operation in education.

Commonwealth Secretary-General visits Cyprus
Released:  30 September 2009
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma is visiting the Republic of Cyprus from 30 September to 2 October 2009.

Pacific tsunami: Secretary-General writes to Prime Minister of Samoa
Released:  30 September 2009
“The Commonwealth Secretariat and I stand in solidarity with you” - Sharma

Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group - Concluding Statement
Released:  26 September 2009
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare Declaration (CMAG) held its thirty-second regular meeting in New York on 26 September 2009.

Sharma meets Fiji’s Interim Prime Minister in margins of UN General Assembly
Released:  25 September 2009
Secretary-General stressed that plans to wait five years before holding elections could not be supported by the Commonwealth

Secretary-General travels to New York for high-level meetings
Released:  21 September 2009
CHOGM 2009, responses to the global economic situation, and terrorism are on the agenda

Election officials explore setting up support network
Released:  17 September 2009
“One of the activities for which the Commonwealth is well known and respected is observing elections,” says Secretary-General Sharma

Commonwealth Special Representative to visit Fiji Islands
Released:  7 September 2009
Sir Paul Reeves, Special Representative of Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, will arrive in Fiji on 8 September 2009 for a two-day visit.

True inclusiveness is the core of the Commonwealth
Released:  5 August 2009
Secretary-General addresses leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum in Australia