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News Archive

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Kiribati joins the Commonwealth: 30 years on
Released:  12 July 2009
July 1979: Celebrating three decades of Kiribati’s independent membership of the Commonwealth

Improving leadership in the public sector
Released:  28 May 2009
Commonwealth programme aims to help senior officials respond to citizen demands

Officials responsible for promoting exports share experiences
Released:  27 May 2009
Design, delivery and implementation of national strategies discussed at Commonwealth workshop

Teachers will urge commitment to education in face of global recession
Released:  27 May 2009
Commonwealth Teachers’ Forum set to become permanent fixture at triennial education ministers’ conference

Profile: Dr Isabella Bovolo, hydrologist
Released:  27 May 2009
Scientist on a quest to unlock the secrets of the rainforest

Around the Commonwealth: Bones uncovered from WWI mass grave
Released:  27 May 2009
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is recovering the bodies of dead Australian and British soldiers from a long lost grave in north-eastern France

Commonwealth observers issue interim statement on Malawi elections
Released:  21 May 2009
A peaceful election day and a well-managed voting process, but some key benchmarks for democratic elections not met - says former Ghana President John Kufuor, chair of the Commonwealth Observer Group

Commonwealth health ministers’ message to heads of government
Released:  21 May 2009
Commonwealth ministers of health held their annual meeting on 17 May 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland, on the eve of the 62nd World Health Assembly.

Marlborough House - celebrates 300th anniversary
Released:  21 May 2009
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma hosts a reception evening to celebrate the 300th birthday of Marlborough House

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister calls on Secretary-General
Released:  21 May 2009
Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Kamalesh Sharma discuss upcoming summit