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Tag: Commonwealth

  • Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC

    Why Commonwealth summit in Rwanda won't be the re-launch some were expecting

    Commonwealth secretary-general, Patricia Scotland, is seeking a second term in office, but because of Covid the 2020 was postponed

    Leaders of some 54 countries – from Africa, Europe, Asia, and Southern America – have converged on Kigali, Rwanda, until 25 June for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Philip Murphy, a professor of Commonwealth history (School of Advanced Study) examines the expectations and limitations of the Kigali conference.

  • Sunday, February 13th 2022 - 14:23 UTC

    Eighty years since the “worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”

    Prime Minister Winston Churchill described the defeat as the “worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”

    This month marks 80 years since Singapore, a British colony with significant strategic importance was invaded and subsequently captured by the Empire of Japan. Its loss represented the lowest point of the war in the Far East and was a matter Prime Minister Winston Churchill never really got over.

  • Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

    Commonwealth and WHO agree to work on universal health care and resilient health systems

    The ceremony was held at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva by the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland QC, and the WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros.

    The Commonwealth Secretariat and the World Health Organization (WHO) signed on Monday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing to strengthening their collaboration on a broad range of public health issues of particular concern to Commonwealth member states and governments, such as the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine equity, advancing universal health coverage, and building resilient health systems.

  • Friday, December 10th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

    Book on OTs Parliament buildings marks 110th anniversary of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

    The book is available to pre-order for delivery in January 2022

    To mark the conclusion of the 110th anniversary of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association this year, the CPA has published a special anniversary book showcasing over 180 Parliament buildings around the Commonwealth and giving an insight into their varied histories. The historic Parliament buildings of Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Virgin Islands (BVI) are featured in this new book.

  • Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

    Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay in the Falklands on June 7

    The Relay will begin on 7 October 2021, once Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has placed her message to the Commonwealth into the Baton.

    The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games to take place from 28 July to 8 August will be preceded by the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay. An epic journey across the Commonwealth, with the Queen’s Baton visiting all 72 nations and territories, reaching Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean and in the Americas, among others the Falkland Islands on 7 June 2022.

  • Friday, October 1st 2021 - 07:06 UTC

    Barbados to quit British Commonwealth effective December 1

    Barbados' decision has been in the making for over 20 years, PM Motley said

    The Parliament of Barbados has passed by 25 votes to none a Constitutional Amendment whereby the former British colony, which remained within the Commonwealth after its declaration of independence in 1966 will become a republic and thus remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state. The decision will become effective on Dec. 1.

  • Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

    Barbados to become a republic November 2021; the Caribbean nation is expected to remain in the Commonwealth

    An ex colony that gained independence in 1966, Barbados has maintained a formal link with the monarchy as have other countries once part of the British empire

    The Caribbean island of Barbados wants to remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic, the government has said, reviving a plan mooted several times in the past.

  • Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 07:40 UTC

    Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled for June suspended

    General-Secretary Patricia Scotland said the pandemic had “changed the course of our modern history”, as government across the world grapple to stem its spread.

    A Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting scheduled to take place in the Rwandan capital Kigali in June has been postponed due to COVID-19, the organization said on Tuesday. A new date for the event, which takes place every two years, would be announced in due course, the body's London-based secretariat said in a statement.

  • Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

    Commonwealth brainstorming to tackle effects of climate change

    The Common Earth initiative will be a network of projects that can be copied and adapted to suit communities around the world

    The Commonwealth on Friday launched an ideas-sharing network to tackle the effects of climate change through replicable regeneration projects. The 53-country bloc held a two-day brainstorming of indigenous groups, environmentalists, scientists and climate change experts at its headquarters in London.

  • Friday, April 20th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

    Queen hopes Prince Charles will lead Commonwealth; 53-nation summit decides

    In a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the queen said she hoped Charles would “carry on the important work” of leading the Commonwealth

    Queen Elizabeth II opened a summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth on Thursday, and backed her son Prince Charles to be the next leader of the association of Britain and its former colonies. In a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the queen said she hoped Charles would “carry on the important work” of leading the Commonwealth, a loose alliance of countries large and small that has struggled to carve out a firm place on the world stage.