Commonwealth
  1. Home
  2. What's New
    1. Latest News - RSS
  3. Who We Are
  4. What we do
    1. Democracy and Consensus Building
    2. Economic Development
    3. Education
    4. Environment and Climate Change
    5. Gender
    6. Good offices for peace
    7. Health
    8. Human Development
    9. Human Rights
    10. Rule of law
    11. Public Sector Development
    12. Sport
    13. Youth
  5. How we do it
    1. CHOGM
    2. Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group
    3. Technical Cooperation and Strategic Response Group
    4. Policy Development
    5. Advisory Services
    6. Development Network
    7. Funding
    8. Case Studies
  6. News
    1. News Archive
    2. Press Releases
    3. Multimedia
    4. Commonwealth Newsletter
    5. Follow us
    6. Events
    7. FAQs
    8. Media Contacts
  7. Resources
    1. Documents
    2. Library & Archives
  8. Publications
  9. Employment
  10. FAQs
    1. Acronyms
  11. Contact Us

News Archive

To view all the news articles that appeared in a particular year or month, click on a year below. If the particular topic you are interested in does not appear you may like to search for it using our news archive search facility on the right hand side of the page.

 


Human rights defenders are critical players in advocacy
Released:  26 November 2008
They deserve support for highlighting issues for redress

Commonwealth training on local government financing for public sector officials
Released:  26 November 2008
Participants from 14 countries benefit from CFTC-funded workshop

Obscenity of violence against women pervasive – Sharma
Released:  25 November 2008
Commonwealth Secretary-General issues strongly worded statement at start of ‘16 Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women’

Electoral process transparent and inclusive
Released:  25 November 2008
Commonwealth Observer Group issues final report on 2008 Maldives presidential election

Human rights are universal and indivisible: Secretary-General
Released:  20 November 2008
Words must match actions to fulfil human rights covenants and principles

Commonwealth visit to Fiji Islands
Released:  20 November 2008
“Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma is sending senior Commonwealth political official, Ms Juliet Solomon, to Fiji Islands

Work of Pakistani women artisans introduced to European markets
Released:  19 November 2008
International designers have worked with 60 women whose selected works are being showcased at an exhibition in London

Reporting on human rights achievements in the Commonwealth
Released:  19 November 2008
Member countries to participate in London seminar on Universal Periodic Review of human rights

Basic rights of citizens must be upheld
Released:  18 November 2008
This ensures quality life lived in dignity, justice and freedom, says Commonwealth official

Secretary-General welcomes G20 meeting as step towards stronger multilateralism
Released:  18 November 2008
He stresses the need for open and inclusive follow-up