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Lord Howell on the unique suitability of the modern Commonwealth to trade in the network age
Brexit, March’s Commonwealth Trade Ministers Meeting and the upcoming Commonwealth Business Forum and Summit in 2018 have led to a...
RCS Ottawa
Oct 10, 2017


World Water Week 2017: The importance of water in the fight against blindness
As this year’s World Water Week draws to a close, The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust highlights how access to clean water and good...
RCS Ottawa
Sep 7, 2017


Data61 envisions four plausible adoption scenarios of Blockchain technology in Australia in 2030
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s data innovation unit Data61 has released two reports on long term...
RCS Ottawa
Jun 9, 2017


Commonwealth trade post-Brexit: ‘Everything is to play for’
High commissioners from Australia, Canada and India joined Secretary-General Patricia Scotland at a financial services conference in...
RCS Ottawa
Jun 4, 2017


The Ocean Conference
The Commonwealth includes most of the world’s small island developing states as well as many other coastal nations who depend on the...
RCS Ottawa
Jun 4, 2017


A Blue Commonwealth: high-level roundtable at The Ocean Conference
The Government of the Republic of Seychelles and the Commonwealth Secretariat will host a high-level roundtable at the UN Ocean...
RCS Ottawa
Jun 4, 2017


Podcast: 'Sport for a Better World?’ a Commonwealth research symposium
Leading researchers and participants behind a new research project, ‘Sport for a Better World?’, which looks at the impact of sport as a...
RCS Ottawa
Jun 4, 2017


Secretary-General: Commonwealth collaboration key to global stability
The Commonwealth is well placed to tackle daunting global challenges such as climate change, extremism, inequality and poverty,...
RCS Ottawa
May 30, 2017


Commonwealth trade post-Brexit: ‘Everything is to play for’
High commissioners from Australia, Canada and India joined Secretary-General Patricia Scotland at a financial services conference in...
RCS Ottawa
May 26, 2017


Peace-building in action: the Commonwealth family makes it truly possible
On my recent tour of Southern Africa, it was just by chance that I discovered a weaver’s workshop, a little gem hidden away in the back...
RCS Ottawa
May 25, 2017


‘All eyes will be on Uganda’ says minister ahead of 2017 youth meeting
The Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting to be hosted by the Government of Uganda will “set the pace for the development of young...
RCS Ottawa
May 25, 2017


Small states have critical role to play in global fight against terrorism -President Granger
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Ministry of the Presidency, May 21, 2017) – President David Granger, (on Sunday), said that global partnerships to...
RCS Ottawa
May 23, 2017


Health ministers commit to practical action on UHC
Commonwealth health ministers concluded their one-day meeting on Sunday with agreements on universal health coverage, global security and...
RCS Ottawa
May 23, 2017


On front line of climate change as Maldives fights rising seas
White sand circles picked out by the sun in sparkling blue seas are the first signs that my plane has arrived at the Maldives, a tropical...
RCS Ottawa
May 23, 2017


Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting 2017
Theme: 'Sustainable financing of universal health coverage as an essential component for global security including the reduction of all...
RCS Ottawa
May 23, 2017


Commonwealth offers climate vulnerable states “a light at the end of the tunnel”
Climate change advocates welcome regenerative development approach Small islands facing the threat of imminent extinction woke up this...
RCS Ottawa
May 23, 2017
Commonwealth Blue Economy Series
The marine environment provides valuable economic, social and cultural resources, which can contribute to the sustainable economic...
RCS Ottawa
May 16, 2017


Australia commits $1.5m to Commonwealth Election Professionals Initiative
The Government of Australia has signed a AU$1.5m funding agreement with the Commonwealth Secretariat for an initiative to strengthen...
RCS Ottawa
May 16, 2017
'Our country will vanish': Pacific islanders bring desperate message to Australia
“Like a drop of water in a bucket, on its own is small, but if there are many, many drops, soon it is overflowing.” Erietera Aram’s water...
RCS Ottawa
May 16, 2017


Pacific islands commit to policies that promote youth entrepreneurship
“We will go back to our countries with a model that we can implement” – Government of Tonga The governments of eight Commonwealth island...
RCS Ottawa
May 16, 2017
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