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Commonwealth voice to inform post-2015 development agenda: Released: 31 August 2012; Mauritius summit ends with pledge by education ministers on collective input to UN discussions
Stiglitz proposes new ways to help trade performance of poorest and small vulnerable economies: Released: 31 August 2012; Nobel prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz has called for an enshrining of a ‘Right to Trade’ in the global trading regime, as a new initiative to help the trade performances of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable economies.
Commonwealth welcomes Maldives Commission of National Inquiry Report: Released: 30 August 2012; "I urge all concerned to respect the findings of the Commission so that, moving forward, all actions and reactions reflect the sense of responsibility and restraint necessary in the best national interest" - Commonwealth Secretary-General
Commonwealth Student Association is launched: Released: 30 August 2012; ‘It is essential that our future professionals and leaders have a say on education issues that affect them and generations to come’ - Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba
Q&A with Nobel prize-winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz: Released: 30 August 2012; Professor Stiglitz participated in a Commonwealth roundtable on Aid for Trade on 29 August. Following the discussion he spoke to the Commonwealth about trade, the current global economic situation and the multilateral trading system
Rwanda project wins Commonwealth education award: Released: 29 August 2012; Innovative education projects honoured at Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers
18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers opens in Mauritius: Released: 29 August 2012; "The fundamental cure to poverty is not money, but education," says Prime Minister of St Lucia, Dr Kenny Anthony
Commonwealth and the Pacific – offering practical assistance through partnership: Released: 29 August 2012; Dialogue and development key to deepening and broadening scope of collaboration.
Historic Pacific maritime boundary agreements concluded with Commonwealth assistance: Released: 29 August 2012; A series of historic treaties to settle maritime boundaries in the Pacific were signed today at the 43rd Pacific Islands Forum in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
‘Be the Change’: Released: 28 August 2012; Youth forum opens as ministers gather for the 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers in Mauritius