Tag: Patricia Scotland

• Wednesday, November 8th 2023 - 18:43 UTC

  Guyana asks The Hague court to stop Venezuelan referendum on the annexation of half of its territory

  

  Guyana has asked the UN's highest court to stop a Venezuelan referendum on the annexation of the Esequibo, half of its territory and its oil-rich offshore, a claim going back to colonial times.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC

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

  

  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.

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

  Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled for June suspended

  

  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 15th 2016 - 10:37 UTC

  Maldives quits the Commonwealth over rule of the law and democracy dispute

  

  Maldives ministry of foreign affairs announced on Friday its decision to quit the Commonwealth of Nations after the organization issued a warning to the country that it could be suspended because of its failure to promote the rule of the law and democracy.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2016 - 07:12 UTC

  Baroness Scotland becomes first woman Secretary General of the Commonwealth

  

  Dominica-born Baroness Patricia Scotland began this week her job as Commonwealth Secretary-General, pledging to focus on several issues of concern to the Caribbean, including dealing with violence against women and the effects of climate change.