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Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma visiting Islamabad, Pakistan

Commonwealth Secretary-General to Pakistan: You can always count on us

Feb 17, 2012

Message by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma, visiting Islamabad, Pakistan, from 16 to 19 February, 2012. Pakistan holds a special place in the Commonwealth. It is one of the eight countries that came together in 1949 to lay the foundations of the modern Commonwealth

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Natural fibres

African symposium explores natural fibres

Feb 17, 2012

Experts and delegates from 19 African countries will gather in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, from 3 to 10 March 2012 to discuss ways of boosting natural fibre production in a bid to tackle rural poverty.

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MDP protest against coup, Insaaf 17 feb 2012.  Copyright: dying regime

Commonwealth ministers to arrive in Maldives Friday

Feb 23, 2012

A Commonwealth ministerial mission is due to arrive in the Maldives capital, Malé, on 17 February to ascertain the facts surrounding the transfer of power last week in the South Asian state.

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Chief guest speaker at Commonwealth Youth Programme Asia Centre

Commonwealth Asia Regional endorses need for financial inclusion of youth

Feb 14, 2012

The Commonwealth Youth Programme Asia Centre, organized a two-day Regional Consultation on Financial inclusion of Youth in New Delhi, with the objective to address the critical need for national financial inclusion policies having a ’youth’ focus along with other vulnerable sections of the society.

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Male Maldives. Copyright: Ahmed Mahin Fayaz |Mahin| things the way they are

Extraordinary Teleconference of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group

Feb 14, 2012

The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) held an extraordinary meeting by teleconference to consider the situation in the Republic of Maldives.

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Women's self help group Kenya. Copyright: McKaysavage

Kenya tops in drive against female ‘cut’

Feb 13, 2012

The incidence of female circumcision fell by nearly 16 per cent in the country between 2003 and 2009, the United Nations Population Fund says in the report released on the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting.

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CC. Blog

Climate Ch​ange: Unit​ed Procras​tinations?​

0 comments - At the global climate talks in Durban, the nations of the world, against expectation and at the eleventh hour, agreed to a legally binding treaty on carbon emissions, but with terms yet to be agreed and a date set for 2020 for them to come into effect, will it be too little too late?Read more


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Developing a strong media through forums and training and promoting dialogue between media, government and civil society in Rwanda. An example of work by the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation (CFTC).

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Events

Commonwealth Youth Summits

Jan 1, 2012 - Are you interested in taking part in the 2012 Commonwealth Youth Summit in your region? Taking place in cities across the British Isles, each Youth Summit will bring together 120 young people aged 14-17. Read more


Commonwealth Day

Mar 12, 2012 - Commonwealth Day is an opportunity to promote understanding on global issues, international co-operation and the work of the Commonwealth’s organisations, which aim to improve the lives of its citizens. Read more


Energy Summit 2012

Mar 13, 2012 - Following the successful Power Summit 2011, the Commonwealth Energy Summit is designed to provide a high level platform to discuss issues relating to energy security, natural resource utilisation, power generation and renewable energy. Read more

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