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Deputy Secretary-General addresses global consultation in South Africa

Kamalesh Sharma at the High-Level Segment of the Human Rights Council's 22nd session in Geneva

Outputs will focus on recommendations on governance and accountability in the post-2015 agenda

London, 27 February 2013 - Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will pay an official visit to Nigeria from 4 to 7 March, his second as Secretary-General.

Colombo, 13 February 2013 - 1300 hrs

Colombo, 11 February 2013 - Contrary to some media reports, Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has not made any statements today with regard to Sri Lanka as host venue of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November 2013.

Colombo, 10 February 2013 - Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will visit Sri Lanka from 10 to 13 February 2013, his third visit to the country as Secretary-General. Mr Richard Uku, Official Spokesperson and Director of Communications and Public Affairs, announced this from Colombo today.

HM Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth, looks back on a year of celebration and reflects on the importance of public service

The Commonwealth Secretariat has assisted Tuvalu, France (for Wallis and Futuna) and New Zealand (for the non-self-governing territory of Tokelau) to lodge a joint submission with the United Nations today for additional seabed.

London, 7 December 2012 – President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka and Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma today announced that the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 15 to 17 November 2013.

Secretaries-General for the Commonwealth and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) discussed areas of synergy between their two organisations on 4 December 2012, as the OECD met on the post-2015 global development agenda at the Commonwealth Secretariat’s headquarters in London.

The Commonwealth in Crisis – Is Reform Possible? Conference organised by the Commonwealth Advisory Bureau and The Round Table: the Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs

The Role of Public Administration in Economic Growth and Job Creation

Strengthening dialogue and sharing experiences can spur action on development

The Commonwealth draft model covers code of conduct, guidelines on conflict of interest and declarations of interest, and mechanisms to investigate breaches

Speaker: Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma

“Terrorism has no boundaries, it has no colour, no tribe, and there is no country that can say they are immune from acts of terrorism so we all have to work together” - Nigeria’s Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta

Speaker: Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba

The Commonwealth Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Maldives, Sir Donald McKinnon, has expressed his deep sadness in learning of the killing of Hon Dr Afrasheem Ali MP, Member of the People's Majlis (Parliament) of Maldives, on 2 October 2012.

Princess Anne presented Gold and Silver Duke of Edinburgh International Awards and met with Commonwealth Youth Programme staff, young people, and student leaders

London, 25 September 2012 - Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will attend the annual meeting of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers in New York on 29 September 2012, in the wings of the 67th United Nations General Assembly.

Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, will visit the Commonwealth Youth Programme’s regional centre in Solomon Islands as part of their Diamond Jubilee tour of South-East Asia and the Pacific.

Kamalesh Sharma visited Sri Lanka from 9 to 13 September where he was received by President Mahinda Rajapaksa

Speaker: Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma

Sharma calls on parliamentarians to advance democracy, development and diversity