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News Archive

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Development Strategies Must Include Assessment of a Country’s Vulnerability to Natural Disasters
Released:  20 October 2005

Commonwealth to Send Medical Experts to Pakistan
Released:  17 October 2005
The Commonwealth Secretariat will deploy a team of medical experts to Pakistan following the devastating earthquake which rocked the country and claimed many thousands of lives. An advance medical team from the Secretariat will arrive in the country this week to carry out an initial assessment and will be followed by the first batch of doctors.

Statement by Commonwealth Secretary-General, Don McKinnon, on Earthquake in South Asia
Released:  10 October 2005
I am deeply shocked and saddened by the devastation caused by the earthquake which has hit parts of Northern Pakistan and neighbouring countries on Saturday, 8 October 2005 ...

A Message from Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Winston Cox on World Habitat Day 2005
Released:  3 October 2005

Commonwealth Reviews Reconstruction Assistance to Grenada
Released:  25 August 2005

Guyanese Fishing Group Wins Commonwealth Youth Gold Award 2005
Released:  17 August 2005

Commonwealth Announces New Chair for Iwokrama Rainforest Programme
Released:  2 August 2005
Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon has announced the appointment of Edward Glover as the new Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Iwokrama International Rain Forest Programme. The Programme manages nearly one million acres of rainforest in central Guyana.

Climate Change Curbs Growth in Poor Countries
Released:  20 July 2005

Botswana Targets Tourism for Economic Growth
Released:  23 June 2005

Tackle Urban Poverty and Develop Green Cities, Says Secretary-General
Released:  9 June 2005

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