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Commonwealth Day was celebrated on 10 March and reaffirmed our shared commitment to the principles of unity, peace and equality. This year’s theme, ‘Together We Thrive’, was celebrated across 56 Commonwealth member countries, demonstrating how working together can build a future defined by opportunity and resilience.

By the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, the Commonwealth Secretary-General.

On Commonwealth Day, staff members from the UK Parliament, their faces beaming with pride, paraded flags representing the 56 member countries. They were at the ceremonial raising of the Commonwealth flag on hosted by the Speaker of the UK House of Commons, Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle, and many of them carried flags that represented their countries of origin.

In a world that can so often feel fragile and divided, we gather today in celebration of a union that has endured, evolved and flourished through the years. 

Last October, leaders from across the Commonwealth came together in Samoa to reaffirm their ‘belief in the value of the Commonwealth as a trusted forum where diverse voices of our member states, the large and the small, the young and the old, come together as one family’.

A commemoration ceremony took place today, 10th March, at the Memorial Gates in central London to honour the servicemen and women from the Commonwealth who served alongside the Allied Forces during the First and Second World Wars.

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, and Founder and Chairman of the Khalili Foundation, Professor Sir Nasser David Khalili, have congratulated the joint winners of the first Commonwealth Peace Prize, Rev Dr James Movel Wuye and Imam Dr Muhammad Nurayn Ashafa.

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, today announced the theme for Commonwealth Day 2025 as ‘Together We Thrive’.

Commonwealth Day 2025 will be celebrated across the Commonwealth on Monday, 10 March. Events and activities will take place throughout March, including civic and faith gatherings, school assemblies, debates, flag-raising ceremonies, and cultural celebrations.

Commonwealth Day is celebrated by millions across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas, the Pacific, and Europe.

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, paid tribute to the five million soldiers from Commonwealth countries who fought in the First and Second World Wars.

The seventy-fifth anniversary of The Commonwealth is a moment to reflect on the remarkable journey that our unique family of free and independent nations has made since 1949. 

Today, 56 of the world’s largest countries and smallest islands, across six oceans, continue to stand united and celebrate shared values for Commonwealth Day.

Commonwealth Day is an occasion of pride and celebration, and a moment for reflection. 

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, has announced the theme for Commonwealth Day 2024 as 'One Resilient Common Future'.

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, has raised the Commonwealth Flag for Peace at a ceremony in London on Commonwealth Day.

His Majesty The King's Commonwealth Day Message, Monday 13 March 2023

A commemoration for the men and women from the Commonwealth who served with the British Armed Forces during the First and Second World Wars was held today at the Memorial Gates in central London.

Commonwealth Day 2023 Message from The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, Commonwealth Secretary-General