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News Archive

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Experts call for greater local participation in private equity in Africa
Released:  19 May 2010
Participants say there is need for concerted efforts aimed at raising awareness about sector

Commonwealth Health Ministers Statement on MDGs
Released:  17 May 2010
Commonwealth Health Ministers held their annual Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on the eve of the 63rd World Health Assembly

Commonwealth election officials to meet in Ghana
Released:  14 May 2010
Election management bodies are pivotal institutions at heart of electoral process

Commonwealth’s Human Rights head to sit on high level UN advisory group
Released:  14 May 2010
Dr Purna Sen will advise the newly formed Global Commission on HIV and the Law

Over a quarter of UN’s Human Rights Council now represented by Commonwealth countries
Released:  14 May 2010
Malaysia, Maldives and Uganda are latest countries to be elected to UN body

Gambian Cabinet receives training in Gender Responsive Budgeting
Released:  12 May 2010
Workshop organised as part of Commonwealth Secretariat’s support towards promoting gender and economic empowerment in member countries

Registrars pave the way for more efficient Courts and Tribunals
Released:  12 May 2010
Everything from the role of technology in the courtroom to protecting witnesses and victims were discussed at Commonwealth-organised meeting in Canada

Expert Analysis: Insulating taxpayers from banking failures
Released:  11 May 2010
The Commonwealth Secretariat's Head of International Finance and Capital Markets, Jonathan Ockenden, looks at new taxes on banks emerging in the wake of the global economic crisis

Country report: Spotlight on Seychelles
Released:  11 May 2010
Helping secure access to additional areas of seabed and providing human rights training to police are among the Commonwealth's work programmes in this small state

Women artisans from India gain foothold in international marketplace
Released:  11 May 2010
New series of case studies details link between women and global markets and the gender impacts of trade policies