Release - The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, will pay her first official visit to Pakistan from 28 July to 2 August 2024 at the invitation of the Government of Pakistan. During her five-day visit, Secretary-General Scotland will meet with Pakistan’s leadership, members
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Dominica is a youth-oriented training programme for those aged 14 to 24. It focuses on four major concepts: skill development, physical recreation, community service, and adventurous travel. The program is intended to foster self-development through activities completed over a
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, will embark on official visits to Samoa and the Kingdom of Tonga from 25 March 2024. In both countries, she will discuss issues of importance to the Commonwealth and the Pacific region with the heads of government,
The biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting (CLMM) will occur in Zanzibar from March 4 to March 8, 2024. Hosted by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, the meeting will focus on the theme ‘Technology and Innovation: How digitalisation paves the way for developing people-centred
Release - The Commonwealth Secretariat has organised a workshop in Trinidad and Tobago this week for Caribbean and Americas election administrators to examine issues impacting electoral integrity, transparency and inclusiveness, with the aim of enhancing confidence in the democratic process. Held in Port-of-Spain from 19 to
Former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki will lead a Commonwealth election observation team to Nigeria, which will hold Africa's largest democratic exercise on February 25. Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission invited Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland KC to form the Commonwealth Observer Group. In January 2023, 176,846
The passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday marked the end of an era for Britain. At the Royal Family's castle in Balmoral, the longest-reigning monarch of Great Britain died peacefully at age 96. News of her deteriorating health prompted the Queen's immediate family to rush to
Chief Hamusonde has conferred Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland with a status of Subbuku (Head Woman) in his chiefdom. Speaking through a representative, Gift Monde, at the 2022 Lwiindi-Lwanza traditional ceremony, Hamusonde said that the recognition is for Scotland's contribution to saving the lives in his chiefdom. He
Leaders from Commonwealth countries are all set for the official opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda. After the official opening, the Commonwealth heads will attend forums, ministerial meetings, side events and other activities under the theme
The four-day festivities of the Queen's platinum jubilee concluded on Sunday with a massive lunch gathering across the country and a pageant with a twist. Thousands of people across the UK participated in hosting the Big Jubilee Lunches, "with events ranging from world record attempts for
