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Commonwealth Day


Commonwealth Day

Start date: 2012-03-12 00:00:00.0

End date: 2012-03-12 00:00:00.0

Venue: Various

Location: World wide

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.

When is Commonwealth Day?
Commonwealth Day is celebrated on the second Monday in March every year.

What is Commonwealth Week?
Commonwealth Week is a week of festivities and events which highlight the chosen theme for Commonwealth Day. Commonwealth organisations also use this week to promote our values.

Watch Us

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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News

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.... Read more


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. ... Read more


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 ... Read more

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(H.M Queen Elizabeth II at the opening CHOGM 2005 in Malta)