Vol 52 No 23 | AFRICACOMMONWEALTH Perth pangs 18th November 2011 The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, Western Australia, at the end of October attracted 1,500 delegates, 80 of them from China. British Prime Minister Dav...
Vol 50 No 24 | COMMONWEALTH Progress in Port of Spain 4th December 2009 Rwanda and India emerged as the winners from an unexpectedly productive Commonwealth summit in Trinidad on 27-29 November The Secretary General, Indian veteran diplomat Kamalesh Sharma, skillfully orchestrated the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting into a cheerleading conference for the climate ...
Vol 50 No 24 | COMMONWEALTH Africa dons its Commonwealth cap 4th December 2009 Africa has played a critical role in the Commonwealth since its Secretariat was launched in 1965 at Marlborough House, a royal palace provided rent-free by Britain's Queen Elizabet...
Vol 48 No 24 | COMMONWEALTHANALYSIS Friendly in Kampala 30th November 2007 The form and content of the Commonwealth are changing. The growing interest in the economic role of an organisation whose members include some of the most dynamic economies in Asia and Africa coincides with the election of a Secretary General from Asia's second biggest economy, India. Commonwealth ties will be important next year when India organises its 'Year of Africa'. The Commonwealth, as always, tried to present a new face at its Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala on 23-25 November, hosted by Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni. The...
Vol 48 No 24 | COMMONWEALTH Mr Secretary Sharma 30th November 2007 The competitors for the post of Commonwealth Secretary General were the dignified Kamalesh Sharma, 67, India's High Commissioner in London, and Malta's Foreign Minister Michael Fre...
Vol 48 No 24 | COMMONWEALTH Secretarial duties 30th November 2007 Twenty prime ministers and sixteen presidents were present at the Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala, Uganda, on 23-25 November. Many Commonwealth states have non-execu...
Vol 48 No 24 | RWANDACOMMONWEALTH On the edges of the club 30th November 2007 Rwanda became a virtual member of the Commonwealth at its 23-25 November summit in Kampala, partly due to President Yoweri Museveni's energetic support for visiting President Paul ...
Vol 48 No 24 | UGANDACOMMONWEALTH Regal rivalry 30th November 2007 The Commonwealth summit last week provided an unrivalled opportunity for local monarchists to promote their own political agenda through unabashed adoration of Britain's octogenari...
Vol 48 No 18 | COMMONWEALTHANALYSIS Africa moves up the agenda 7th September 2007 Choosing a new secretary general, acting on Zimbabwe, admitting extra members and the probable appearance of several fresh leaders will keep the commentators busy at November's Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting President Robert Mugabe, leader of an already suspended Zimbabwe, walked out of the Commonwealth club at the end of the Abuja summit in 2003 and since then, the venerable body has ...
Vol 48 No 18 | COMMONWEALTH Old timers and first timers 7th September 2007 In Kampala, all eyes will be on Gordon Brown, by then British Prime Minister for four and a half months. The new Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, David Miliband, and the Ministe...
