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News Archive

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Media should live by standards and codes of its profession: Released: 1 July 2009; Journalists must understand legal environment in which they operate and closely follow any new technological changes when covering elections
Profile: Yotsna Lalji-Venketasawmy: Released: 1 July 2009; A Commonwealth-funded legal adviser is helping to boost Eastern and Southern African countries’ ability to thwart money laundering
Secretary-General visits Guyana: Released: 1 July 2009; Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma arrived in Georgetown on 1 July 2009 for a four-day official visit to Guyana.
Culture is ignored at the peril of development, high level panel of cultural experts warns: Released: 1 July 2009; Commonwealth Foundation cultural panel claims the arts are not just the “icing on the cake”
Around the Commonwealth: Young carers seek advice and support: Released: 1 July 2009; The Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work calls for greater assistance for young carers following workshop series in Kenya
University students win prestigious Commonwealth Awards: Released: 1 July 2009; Six students from UK universities have been selected for the prestigious Round Table Commonwealth Awards for Young Scholars
From the Archive: Commonwealth Secretariat proposed: Released: 1 July 2009; July 1964: Ghanaian idea leads to birth of a central Secretariat to work on behalf of all member countries