The contribution by the Commonwealth at this meeting has been timely, relevant and productive - Andrey Bokarev, chair of the Russian G20 Development Working Group
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Commonwealth makes case for small, vulnerable countries at G20 meeting in Moscow
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Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma will visit St Kitts and Nevis from 12 to 14 May 2013. He will meet with Prime Minister Denzil Douglas and government ministers, as well as other public officials and political representatives. The Secretary-General said discussions would focus in particular on Commonwealth support to small states.
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Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit St Kitts and Nevis
“As a key stakeholder in the global partnership for development, the G20 can help create a global environment that is conducive to growth and development”
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Commonwealth and La Francophonie countries to G20: keep development high on the agenda
London, 17 April 2013 ‒ Finance ministers, central bank governors and senior officials from Commonwealth and La Francophonie countries will meet in Washington DC on 21 April 2013 to rub minds on how to draw greater awareness to their concerns with the G20 - the forum of the world’s largest economies.
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Commonwealth, La Francophonie and Russia convene dialogue on G20 issues
"The world we want is a development contract that should bring everybody on board"
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UN Envoy for Youth addresses Commonwealth ministers
The Commonwealth Secretariat has overhauled its policies and procedures and strengthened mechanisms for oversight and line manager accountability, including external and internal audit.
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Commonwealth Secretariat strengthens financial controls
How do you encourage people to save and bank their money where no bank branches exist? The National Bank of Vanuatu with support from the Commonwealth Secretariat came up with some innovative ideas…
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Banking the unbanked in Vanuatu
Botswana to host continent-wide initiative to combat ‘graft’
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Commonwealth launches Africa Anti-Corruption Centre
Trade officials from 13 Commonwealth Pacific countries are meeting in Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, for a week-long training course on negotiating investment and trade deals.
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Commonwealth investment guide launched at trade workshop in Vanuatu
“This requires combined wisdom to explore ways of dealing with this challenge if efforts to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals are to bear fruit” – Cyrus Rustomjee
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Commonwealth and UNDP work with Caribbean on debt challenges
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma yesterday hosted a reception at the Commonwealth headquarters, Marlborough House in London, to thank the outgoing Chair of the Council of Commonwealth Societies, Lord Watson of Richmond, and to welcome the Council’s incoming Chair, Lord Howell of Guildford.
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Passing the mantle at the Council of Commonwealth Societies
The theme "encourages us all to celebrate the ways in which talent and innovation can be supported and put to the best use possible" - Secretary-General
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‘Opportunity through Enterprise’ – the Commonwealth theme for 2013
Speaker: Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma
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Commonwealth Secretary-General’s opening remarks at the Commonwealth Ministerial Working Group meeting on recommendations for the post-2015 development agenda
The Pacific island state to move from single commodity dependence to a diversified economy.
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Nauru to shift from phosphate to fisheries
Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba welcomed delegates to the three-day United Nations High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda on 31 October 2012.
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Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General addresses post-2015 development agenda meeting
Speaker: Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba
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Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba's welcome remarks at United Nations High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
“Landmark publication” gives insight to developing country investment negotiators
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Commonwealth Investment Guide to be required reading at Caribbean University
The Role of Public Administration in Economic Growth and Job Creation
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4th Commonwealth Public Service Ministers Forum: Statement
Effective public administration vital for socio-economic development – Commonwealth Secretary-General at the Commonwealth Public Service Ministers Forum
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Shared values between the government and the governed builds trust, stability and progress
The Fourth Commonwealth Public Service Ministers Forum which will take place in New Delhi, India, from 24-26 October 2012, is aimed at enhancing public policy to foster economic growth and employment.
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Commonwealth Public Service Ministers Forum to focus on economic growth and job creation
A handbook to equip developing countries with options to negotiate and strike investment agreements that promote sustainable development, growth with jobs and improved livelihoods is to be launched on 29 October 2012.
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Commonwealth to launch Guide on investment agreements
Ugandan farmers have produced exceptional range of delicious foods - Project Director
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Commonwealth brings African organic farmers to the UK to seek markets
Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General addresses Pan African Parliament on post-Millennium Development Goals framework
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Commonwealth can make a unique contribution to new global anti-poverty targets – Masire-Mwamba
The Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting 2012 will take place in Tokyo, Japan, on 10 October.
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Commonwealth finance ministers to meet in Tokyo
Shock financing, youth unemployment, the successor framework to the Millennium Development Goals and private sector participation discussed at Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting
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Greater efforts needed to address impact of external shocks - finance ministers