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Debt Relief, Aid and Trade Should be Complementary for Effective Assistance to Developing Countires
Released: 22 September 2005
Targeted Policies and Programmes Vital to Reduce Poverty
Released: 22 September 2005
Greater Support Needed for Developing Countries to Attain MDGs
Released: 22 September 2005
Commonwealth Finance Ministers meeting in Barbados have called for support for developing countries to build and implement national development strategies that are in line with, and bold enough to, achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
Kenya Beckons Foreign Investors
Released: 20 September 2005
Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting, Communiqué 2005
Released: 20 September 2005
Commonwealth Finance Ministers met in Barbados on 18 - 20 September 2005. The meeting was chaired by the Rt Hon Owen Arthur, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of Barbados.
Secretary-General Sounds Alarm Bells in Appeal for Contributions to the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation
Released: 19 September 2005
Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon in a statement on 19 September 2005 warned the Commonwealth's 53 Finance Ministers and Ministries that the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC) is in danger of losing credibility and relevance in the international development assistance community.
Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare Declaration (CMAG)
Released: 17 September 2005
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare Declaration (CMAG) held its twenty-sixth meeting in New York on 17 September 2005.
Commonwealth Expert Team Recommends Assistance to Improve Transparency and Confidence in Pakistan Local Bodies Elections
Released: 16 September 2005
Commonwealth Secretary-General Reaffirms Commitment to Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Address to UN General Assembly
Released: 16 September 2005
Statement delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Florence Mugasha on behalf of the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Don McKinnon, on the occasion of the High Level Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 16 September 2005.
ICT Access for All -- A Challenge for the Commonwealth
Released: 15 September 2005