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Media Room

NewspapersThe Commonwealth Secretariat maintains links with the media through press briefings, press conferences, interviews and informal contacts.

We also issue press releases, audio tapes and videos about the Commonwealth's activities, and produce radio and television programmes as well as films about the work of the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Broadcast Video

Broadcast quality video about the Commonwealth is now available free of charge for journalists from The NewsMarket. More...

Click on the link below for a list of our key media contacts

Media Contacts

Read the latest press releases below or search the archive for past material.

Latest Press Releases

Message from Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2010
Released: 5 March 2010
Brian Lara and Dwight Yorke to visit London school on Commonwealth Day 2010
Released: 4 March 2010
Commonwealth Youth Programme and International Award Association affirm strategic partnership
Released: 3 March 2010
Sharma to address High-Level Segment of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
Released: 26 February 2010
Prime Minister Manning, President Kagame, Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma to address media at Marlborough House
Released: 23 February 2010
Commonwealth Releases Final Report on St Kitts and Nevis General Election
Released: 19 February 2010
Message from Commonwealth Secretary-General to cyclone-hit Tonga and Cook Islands
Released: 17 February 2010