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Queen opens Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Released:  23 November 2007
“We should treat those around us as we would wish to be treated ourselves” – HM Queen Elizabeth II

Churchill gets top billing as CHOGM opens
Released:  23 November 2007
Strange to see words written 99 years ago by Winston Churchill quoted on the official programme for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala.

Education officials discuss implementing the Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol in Asia
Released:  22 November 2007
Protocol addresses the need to safeguard the rights of recruited teachers

As always at CHOGM, events take control
Released:  22 November 2007
The wily British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, prophet of the “Wind of Change in Africa”, was once asked what represented the greatest challenge to a statesman.

Watch out for those holes in the wall
Released:  22 November 2007
As Ugandan primary schoolchildren dressed in pink danced and sang a message of thanks to Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon a little bit of African history was made.

Don McKinnon outlines priorities for CHOGM
Released:  22 November 2007
A new Commonwealth Secretary-General will be elected at the Meeting

Queen arrives in Uganda
Released:  22 November 2007
Her Majesty praises efforts by Ugandan Government to restore order to northern region, affected by civil war

Health risks facing young people examined
Released:  22 November 2007
People’s Space exhibition provides information on HIV/AIDS and family planning

McKinnon: lower trade barriers needed
Released:  22 November 2007
Commonwealth Secretary-General addresses journalists covering CHOGM

Pakistan suspended from the Commonwealth
Released:  22 November 2007
"Decision taken in sorrow not in anger" – UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband