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News Archive

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Commonwealth lifts Pakistan suspension
Released:  12 May 2008
“Government of Pakistan has taken positive steps to fulfil its obligations,” CMAG says


CMAG MEDIA ADVISORY
Released:  9 May 2008
Advisory - Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group News Conference

Sharma urges Kenya to consolidate reconciliation
Released:  18 April 2008
Secretary-General Sharma holds fruitful discussions with Kenya’s President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga

Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group to meet in London
Released:  17 April 2008
CMAG will review the suspension of Pakistan

Commonwealth welcomes power sharing cabinet in Kenya
Released:  14 April 2008
Agreement on grand coalition “very important step forward”, Sharma says

Secretary-General meets Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister
Released:  1 April 2008
On his first day in office, Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma met Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama this afternoon at Marlborough House

Commonwealth Expert Team commends Belize for conduct of elections
Released:  13 March 2008
A Commonwealth Expert Team to Belize has commended the government and people of Belize for the conduct of the General Elections which took place on 7 February 2008.

The Commonwealth’s work on conflict resolution 'never ends'
Released:  10 March 2008
“It is in the hearts and minds of men and women that wars are won, and where conflict must finally be brought to an end” – Matthew Neuhaus, Director of Political Affairs

The Commonwealth and the Caribbean
Released:  7 March 2008
McKinnon makes his final address to the CARICOM Summit as Commonwealth Secretary-General

Democracy is about vision, possibility and evolution
Released:  6 March 2008
The Commonwealth Secretary-General has said that day-to-day governance which allows cultures and institutions to thrive, is the “guarantor of democracy”