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News Archive

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Secretary-General travels to New York for high-level meetings
Released:  21 September 2009
CHOGM 2009, responses to the global economic situation, and terrorism are on the agenda

Election officials explore setting up support network
Released:  17 September 2009
“One of the activities for which the Commonwealth is well known and respected is observing elections,” says Secretary-General Sharma

Experts call for stronger links between government and civil society on education
Released:  16 September 2009
Important role of Commonwealth civil society discussed at top education conference

Commonwealth produces new guide on theory and practice of decentralisation
Released:  15 September 2009
Online publication includes suggestions for designing, implementing and evaluating decentralisation reforms and local government practices

Keeping kids at school: Millennium Development Goal ‘at risk’
Released:  15 September 2009
Study launched at major conference on education and development

‘We don’t walk away’ – Australian broadcaster defends publicly funded news
Released:  15 September 2009
ABC chief speaks out at Commonwealth Broadcasting Association lecture

Deadline set for entries to Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2010
Released:  15 September 2009
Writers from across the Commonwealth must submit entries by 15 November 2009

Sir Paul Reeves Concludes Visit to Fiji
Released:  10 September 2009
Sir Paul Reeves, Special Representative of Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, departed Suva early on 11 September following a two-day visit to the Republic of the Fiji Islands

Secretariat and Commonwealth of Learning sign historic document
Released:  9 September 2009
Memorandum focuses on four key areas of collaboration over the next three years

Internet pornography, hacking and fraud probed in Caribbean
Released:  9 September 2009
Prosecutors and police across 15 countries receive Commonwealth-funded ‘high tech crime’ training