Tag: Commonwealth

• Wednesday, February 19th 2025 - 13:06 UTC

  Caricom Conference opening in Barbados

  

  The 48th regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) is starting in Barbados Wednesday under the theme “Strength in Unity: Building Caribbean Resilience, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development.”

• Wednesday, October 16th 2024 - 08:33 UTC

  PM Starmer, “paying reparations for slave trade, not in the Commonwealth agenda”

  

  “Just to be clear, reparations are not on the agenda for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. Technically, the (UK) Government's position on this has not changed. We do not pay reparations,” said Downing Street official spokesperson, when asked what PM Keir Starmer's view on paying reparations for Britain's involvement in the slave trade was.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 09:01 UTC

  Baroness Chapman, new FCDO Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean

  

  Baroness Jennifer Chapman of Darlington has been appointed UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 18 July 2024.

• Thursday, May 9th 2024 - 20:53 UTC

  Commonwealth Games confident on a host; Birmingham 2022, “complete success for UK economy”

  

  The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has confirmed that it is considering multiple proposals to Host the 2026 Games, so it was announced following the April meeting of the Executive Board, with confirmation by the end of the month. And in related news UK Department for Sports highlighted the financial success of the Birmingham Games in 2022.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

  Commonwealth Games future in doubt: financial benefits clash with a post colonial legacy

  

  The 2026 edition of the Commonwealth Games, are again in trouble with no hosts on sight. In April 2022, the Australian state of Victoria was awarded hosting rights for the 2026 edition, when over 70 nations were expected to participate. But just over a year later, it backed out.

• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 10:16 UTC

  Commonwealth supports Guayana against Caracas' actions regarding Essequibo

  

  The Venezuelan Government of President Nicolás Maduro must abide by the principles of international law regarding the oil-rich Essequibo region, the Commonwealth Secretariat said in a statement in support of Guyana's response to Caracas passing the so-called Organic Law for the Defense of Guayana Esequiba.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 10:37 UTC

  Falklands representative joins Commonwealth Day celebrations in London

  

  Richard Hyslop, the Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK & Europe, along with Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Jack Ford MLA, participated in a series of events in London to commemorate Commonwealth Day.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 21:06 UTC

  Final reminder of the Falkland Islands Status Amendments 2022

  

  In September 2022 the Legislative Assembly approved amendments to the Falkland Islands Status Ordinance 1998. The amended Ordinance narrows the definition of a “qualified person” (which at the moment includes a Commonwealth citizen), limiting the definition to include a British citizen, a British Overseas Territory citizen or a British Overseas citizen.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 11:03 UTC

  Republicanism: Australia will honor indigenous cultures in its A$ 5 bill instead of Charles III

  

  Australia's new Five Dollar bill will replace an image of British monarch Charles III with one honoring Australian Indigenous cultures. It is the last banknote in Australia that still bears the head of recently deceased Queen Elizabeth II.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 08:45 UTC

  UK will resume visits for Chagossians descendants to their homeland

  

  The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has made public a page with brings together information on UK government support to people who were born on the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and their descendants.