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Organisations will co-operate on dealing with climate change and promoting sustainable development

Explore this visual journey on how the Commonwealth Secretariat works with member countries towards the themes of the Rio+20 Earth Conference

Article by the Secretaries-General of the Commonwealth and La Francophonie as leaders discuss global issues at the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico

London, 13 June 2012 – The Commonwealth Secretariat has partnered with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, the Indian Ocean Commission and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme to organise a high-level panel discussion that will highlight the sustainable development concerns of small and small island developing states (SIDS) at the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development – also known as the Rio+20 Earth Conference – in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Projects must be bankable to attract private sector funding

London, 14 May, 2012 – Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma today discussed the top priorities of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable states that will not be present at the G20 summit from 18 to 19 June.

Pacific small island state seeks exclusive access to potentially lucrative seabed resources over an area of 416,000 square kilometres

Commonwealth and UNCTAD explore new trade opportunities for less developed countries

"The task we have is to consider how to achieve coherence, and at the same time, ensure that the smallest, poorest and most vulnerable countries are not left behind" - Ransford Smith

"The task we have is to consider how to achieve coherence, and at the same time, ensure that the smallest, poorest and most vulnerable countries are not left behind" - Ransford Smith

Commonwealth Secretariat and 16 Commonwealth Africa member states examine assistance that will deliver significant results at meeting in Rwanda

"Services growth can be linked to poverty alleviation and to the Millennium Development Goals" - Ransford Smith

Commonwealth forum explores the challenges of better managing ocean resources

Small, poor and vulnerable Commonwealth and Francophonie countries have ended a day-long outreach meeting with Mexico with a call to the G20 to support their efforts to promote food security and build green economies.

Commonwealth capacity-building knowledge and experience can be tapped by the South-East Asian country

Over twenty Commonwealth countries gather to discuss sustainable marine resource development

The Commonwealth, the International Organisation of La Francophonie and Mexico, the 2012 chair of the G20, will convene an outreach event in Washington DC this week to bring the concerns of the smallest, poorest and most vulnerable countries to the G20 agenda.

“The natural fibres sector has great potential to become an engine of growth,” Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Ransford Smith

“Investors want to know that when they invest in a country there is the rule of law” - Mark Guthrie, Legal Adviser at the Commonwealth Secretariat

Representatives of organisations which build the trade capacity of countries in the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions through a ‘Hub and Spokes’ programme, have hailed the achievements of the initiative and supported plans to expand the programme into a second phase.

Commonwealth Secretariat signals readiness to support extended Hub and Spokes programme

Video: Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa

Global economic crisis shapes discussions at 4th Commonwealth Caribbean Consultative Meeting

Ministers agree to intensify efforts to create greater understanding of the value of ocean resources in national development and new ways of working together to agree goals for ocean management

South Africa conference looks at the economic potential of natural fibres