Events

On 19 June 2023, member states of the United Nations adopted, by consensus, the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement).

Join us for the official launch of the 2024 Commonwealth Trade Review, titled 'Strengthening Food Security in the Commonwealth: Trade, Investment, and Resilient Supply Chains'.

This key publication, prepared ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa, explores the pivotal role that trade and investment play in enhancing food security across the Commonwealth's 56 member countries, home to 2.7 billion people. It also provides the latest data on trends and drivers of intra-Commonwealth trade and investment.

As part of the Secretariat’s capacity-building and technical-assistance project to assist member countries in their ratification and implementation of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), we are pleased to announce the second webinar in a series of six dedicated to the BBNJ Agreement.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2024 (CHOGM) will take place in Apia, Samoa from 21-26 October 2024.

It will be the first CHOGM to be held in a Pacific Small Island Developing State.

The thirteenth Commonwealth Youth Forum will be held in Apia, Samoa between 21-22 October 2024 under the theme: ‘Navigating our Course and Building Resilience for a Common Future’.