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Nearly 1,000 media register to attend CHOGM
Released:  13 September 2011
Gathering of Commonwealth leaders to be held in Perth, Australia, 28-30 October 2011

Prosperity and resilience - shared goals of the Commonwealth and Pacific Islands Forum
Released:  7 September 2011
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma says common goals strengthen collaborative efforts for sustainable development

Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit India, Singapore, and New Zealand for PIF Summit
Released:  24 August 2011
Kamalesh Sharma will address the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders’ Summit and will also hold bilateral meetings with Pacific leaders in the margins of the meeting

Commonwealth chair to co-host UN event on women’s political participation
Released:  22 August 2011
Commonwealth Chair-in-Office Kamla Persad-Bissessar to raise awareness on women’s leadership role at UN General Assembly event

Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General meets Tuvalu Prime Minister
Released:  17 August 2011
Deputy Secretary-General Ransford Smith briefs Tuvalu Prime Minister on recommendations of the Eminent Persons Group and preparations for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

Eminent Persons Group holds final meeting in London
Released:  28 July 2011
11-person group meets to finalise report for leaders at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, Australia

Commonwealth law ministers end landmark meeting in Sydney
Released:  14 July 2011
Ministers and attorneys-general give Commonwealth Secretariat new roadmap and programme of work for the rule of law

Secretary-General to visit Samoa and Tonga
Released:  11 July 2011
Kamalesh Sharma will call on Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and Tonga’s new Prime Minister, Lord Tu’ivakano.

Caribbean women leaders seek higher representation in parliament
Released:  11 July 2011
“That call to leadership must be nurtured in women of all social strata, representing the full diversity of women” – Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

Commonwealth Secretary-General visits Caribbean
Released:  9 June 2011
Youth employment and financial resilience to top agenda of visit