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News Archive

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Commonwealth lawyers must ‘build on grand achievements of the past’ – Ramphal
Released:  15 December 2009
Former Secretary-General calls for reform of Caribbean legal system during anniversary law lecture

Commonwealth assistance to boost the competitiveness of Samoa’s MSMEs
Released:  15 December 2009
Acting Prime Minister launches technical assistance initiative during Samoa’s National Youth Week

Commonwealth at Copenhagen climate change summit
Released:  10 December 2009
Publication tackling trade and climate change launched as international talks continue

International Human Rights Day
Released:  10 December 2009
Message by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma

Defend it like Beckham: Governments urged to deliver on child rights
Released:  9 December 2009
English footballer and Angelina Jolie contribute to a new Commonwealth publication on the rights of the child

Internship programme targets parliamentary oversight in Sri Lanka
Released:  9 December 2009
Month-long training programme hosted by India upgrades skills of legislative officials

Antarctic Expedition avoids treacherous crevasses on record-breaking trek
Released:  9 December 2009
All-woman team “on tenterhooks every time the snow moves beneath”

Common global challenges addressed in new magazine
Released:  9 December 2009
Global presents clear facts, analysis and commentary on pressing twenty-first century issues

Trinidad and Tobago – and 20 other CHOGMs
Released:  8 December 2009
Veteran Commonwealth journalist Derek Ingram reflects on the roles several leaders played at the recent Commonwealth summit

Leaders hail Commonwealth’s success in Trinidad and Tobago
Released:  2 December 2009
‘CHOGM has truly answered that the Commonwealth, as an institution, is very much relevant’ – Malaysian Prime Minister