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News Archive

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‘We are a visionary organisation’ says Kamalesh Sharma
Released:  6 November 2009
Secretary-General outlines key CHOGM priorities at Commonwealth Conversation event

Secretary-General visits South Africa, holds talks with President Zuma
Released:  28 October 2009
CHOGM agenda dominates discussions in Cape Town

Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit South Africa
Released:  23 October 2009
Kamalesh Sharma to hold talks with President Jacob Zuma ahead of Commonwealth Summit

Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Malta
Released:  14 October 2009
Kamalesh Sharma will visit Malta from 15 to 17 October 2009 ahead of November’s Heads of Government Meeting

Obama’s peace prize award ‘strikes tremendous chord’
Released:  9 October 2009
Commonwealth Secretary-General reacts to Nobel Peace Prize announcement

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.