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News Archive

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Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Maldives
Released:  13 October 2010
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will visit Maldives from 16 to 18 October 2010 where he will call on President Mohamed Nasheed

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister visits Commonwealth Secretariat
Released:  13 October 2010
“There is tremendous value in holding together as a Commonwealth of nations. There is so much to share” – Commonwealth Chair and Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar

UNESCO and Commonwealth Secretariat reaffirm commitment to working together
Released:  12 October 2010
Director of Social Transformation Programmes attends 185th session of the UNESCO Executive Board

The Commonwealth Secretariat's Human Rights work
Released:  10 October 2010
We work behind the scenes with governments and civil society to cause change

Ministers welcome Commonwealth role in promoting G20 dialogue
Released:  9 October 2010
The Finance Ministers Meeting was attended by IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss Kahn and World Bank President Robert B Zoellick

Statement by Secretary-General on Fiji's Independence Day
Released:  9 October 2010
Fiji celebrates 40 years of independence on 10 October

Canada’s Flaherty to chair Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting in Washington DC
Released:  7 October 2010
Canada’s Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, will chair this year’s meeting of finance ministers from the 54-member Commonwealth nations, on the margins of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank

Commonwealth encourages countries to sign up to International Criminal Court
Released:  6 October 2010
President of the ‘court of last resort’ stresses the need to help small states with ratification process

Manager of the Northern Uganda Youth Development Centre dies
Released:  5 October 2010
“He knew that the lessons about rebuilding lives by building vocational skills and livelihoods could be transferred far and wide” - Commonwealth Assistant Secretary-General

Commonwealth Games opens in New Delhi
Released:  4 October 2010
‘A Perfect Indian Wedding’