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News Archive

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Education ministers to finalise post-2015 development proposals
Released:  11 December 2012
“This is a once-in-generation opportunity” - Kamalesh Sharma

Rights of indigenous peoples must be respected
Released:  10 December 2012
Commonwealth meeting on International Human Rights Day puts spotlight on marginalisation of indigenous people

Commonwealth Observer Group at Ghana elections Interim Statement
Released:  9 December 2012
By HE Dr Pakalitha Mosisili MP - Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group at Ghana's 2012 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

Commonwealth-flagged polar expedition sets sail
Released:  7 December 2012
First-ever winter crossing of Antarctica 'an inspiration'

Commonwealth announces dates for 2013 Heads of Government meeting
Released:  7 December 2012
President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka and Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma today announced that the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 15 to 17 November 2013.

Commonwealth assists Tuvalu to jointly claim additional seabed with France and New Zealand
Released:  7 December 2012
The Commonwealth Secretariat has assisted Tuvalu, France (for Wallis and Futuna) and New Zealand (for the non-self-governing territory of Tokelau) to lodge a joint submission with the United Nations today for additional seabed.

Young parliamentarians quiz Commonwealth
Released:  7 December 2012
“Democracy is not what we have but what we do,” said Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba as she urged young people to actively participate in building and nurturing democracy on Thursday, 6 December 2012.

Statement by the Commonwealth Secretary-General on Maldives
Released:  7 December 2012
“The Commonwealth remains committed to working with the Government of Maldives to strengthen national institutions, to advance the Commonwealth’s values and principles, and to inclusive and credible elections in 2013,” Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma said today.

Nauru to shift from phosphate to fisheries
Released:  6 December 2012
The Pacific island state to move from single commodity dependence to a diversified economy.

Ghana polls: Commonwealth observers call for peaceful conduct
Released:  4 December 2012
Commonwealth Observer Group encouraged by recent peace pact by political leaders and civil society and community leaders’ calls for peaceful elections