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Speeches and statements

Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey

Read the latest speeches and statements from the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Hon Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey.

May 2025

  • Keynote address by the Secretary-General: Oxford Africa Conference.
    Changing Narratives: Vision, Action and Transformation of Africa
     - 25 May

  • Secretary-General opening the 37th Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting - 17 May

April 2025 

  • Keynote address by the Secretary-General at the Innovation Net Zero World Congress 2025 - 29 April

  • Commonwealth Secretary-General’s statement on the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir - 23 April

  • Secretary-General's remarks at the Pacific Celebration Reception - 10 April
  • Keynote address by the Secretary-General at the Commonwealth Trade and Investment Summit 2025 - 7 April
  • Hon Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey's inaugural address on assuming office as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth - 1 April

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