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	INSTITUTIONS WE CAN DO WITHOUT - CHOGM
		CHOGMs have been held biennially since 1971, prior to that there were irregular summits since the British Empire began.
		CHOGM is praised by the diplomats and politicians as a chance to talk informally and in secret about mutual concerns, being those things that concern their class; the ruling classes of all countries.
		The countries present at this years CHOGM all shared, as was pointed out in various demonstrations, a common history of colonisation by Britain (with the exception of Britain itself).
	www.converge.org.nz /hrag/chogm.html (1738 words)

	The Paper - Independent Newspaper - Edition 021
		CHOGM is much more than a meeting of the leaders of the 54 Commonwealth countries.
		CHOGM does not deserve to be the scene for violent confrontations between security forces and protesters; both sides bear a responsibility to see that such conflict is avoided.
		CHOGM is unlikely to significantly alter the global economic landscape.
	www.thepaper.org.au /issues/021/021chogm__champion_of_the_poor_.html (766 words)

	Annual Report 2001-02: Renewing the Commonwealth
		In the event, the Coolum CHOGM was attended by Her Majesty The Queen, representatives of 52 countries (35 of them heads of government), 1,200 delegates and 1,000 media representatives.
		Her Majesty The Queen attended CHOGM, was present and spoke at the opening ceremony, gave audiences to a number of leaders and, with The Duke of Edinburgh, attended a Royal Jubilee banquet hosted by heads of government in honour of her golden anniversary as Head of the Commonwealth.
		CHOGM gave added impetus to the Commonwealth’s important international role and its pursuit of the core objectives — of building democratic structures and societies — which it shares with Australian foreign policy interests and objectives.
	www.dpmc.gov.au /annual_reports/2001-02/chogm/chogm.htm (4755 words)

	Workers Online : Politics : 2001 - Issue 105 : CHOGM: What Should Unions Do?
		In the CHOGM case, they will have plenty of poor country representatives saying that they want to meet and that their right is being denied, thus echoing George Bush, Peter Costello and others who say the protesters are selfish people denying the benefits of globalisation to the poor of the world.
		CHOGM represents 40% of the membership of the World Trade Organisation, and will be debating how to get the WTO agenda back on track since the events of Seattle in 1999.
		CHOGM represents a fantastic opportunity for union leaderships to help narrow the divide between unions and anti-capitalist activists, to give further strength to what is a vibrant, optimistic and intelligent movement.
	workers.labor.net.au /105/b_tradeunion_chogm.html (2998 words)

	QLD Media Release:chogm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		CHOGM is the largest gathering of Government leaders in the world.
		Included as part of CHOGM will be a visit by the Queen, a 'people's day' (7th October) and a Youth Forum (Gold Coast, 29th September to 7th October).
		CHOGM is an event that will put Brisbane under the spotlight of international media attention and is a huge coup for the City.
	www.propertyoz.com.au /qld/media/a150501.htm (378 words)

	CHOGM Weblog. ABC News Online.
		So on the face of it CHOGM is an old boys' club whose relevance should have died with the British Empire but in its workings it does provide a level of stability for smaller nations and a framework for dealing with sticky situations like the crisis in Zimbabwe.
		Maybe the member nations already have their CHOGM agreements drawn up before negotiations get underway or are they trying to convince those still wavering to sign on the dotted line.
		According to the CHOGM factsheet 1.7 billion people, or 30 per cent of the world's population, live in the Commonwealth.
	abc.net.au /news/indepth/chogm/weblog (6598 words)

	Security Lessons from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting [CHOGM] 2002: Planning and Partnerships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		CHOGM 2001 was postponed and a revised model for CHOGM 2002 prepared and successfully implemented at Coolum on the Sunshine Coast over the period 2-5 March 2002.
		When CHOGM 2001 was postponed despite acknowledgment that ‘no domestic security reason not to proceed’, the Task Force was required to commence planning from scratch to design and prepare a more focussed and streamlined event.
		The approach was changed slightly after CHOGM 2001 to meet the extremely compressed timelines for CHOGM 2002, and the fact that it was a new event.
	www.ema.gov.au /archived/SIG/Papers2002/ayling.html (3389 words)

	The Daily Summit - CHOGM Archives
		ABC news says CHOGM "limped to a close on a sour note of crisis and recrimination," the Age says Zimbabwe's withdrawal from the Commonwealth "stunned weary Commonwealth officials," while Channel News Asia points out that many countries, such as Singapore, have refused to give any opinion at all on the Mugabe issue.
		--> CHOGM news: the Queen apparently cancelled her trip to Kano and the Kano Commissioner of Information believes Kano is being punished for being a 'sharia state'; while the panel considering Zimbabwe's fate may or may not be deadlocked; and Nasir Danbatta has an excellent round-up of Nigerian reaction to the summit.
		Meanwhile, in CHOGM news, Malta is bidding for the next summit, the Indian prime minister is in a hurry to get home, Kofi Annan wants the Commonwealth to focus on AIDS, Pakistan's suspension is to continue, and Nigeria's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom collapsed in session and had to be rushed to hospital.
	www.dailysummit.net /english/archives/categories/chogm/index.asp (7410 words)

	Queensland Premier Offers Protestors 50 Reasons to Support CHOGM [February 12, 2002]
		A CHOGM is arguably the only international forum where such a diverse group of countries with differing economic capacities and resources come together as equals to find common positions through consensus.
		CHOGM offers the 46 developing nations their best chance to gain the help and decisions their people need.
		CHOGM has reaffirmed support for the Iwokrama International Rainforest Programme which set aside 360,000 hectares of pristine tropical rainforest for a Commonwealth project on sustainable utilisation and conservation of species.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2002/02-02-12a.shtml (2024 words)

	CNN.com - Security net tightens around CHOGM - February 28, 2002
		The CHOGM, which is held every two years, was originally scheduled for last October, but was postponed because of the September 11 terror attacks.
		CHOGM media officer Terry Walls told CNN Thursday that there would be a Zimbabwean delegation at CHOGM and Mugabe had been invited, but organizers had yet to receive a confirmation or refusal.
		CHOGM is expected to discuss the issue of Zimbabwe and the growing international disquiet over threats to democracy and property rights in that nation.
	www.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/02/27/aust.chogm/index.html (525 words)

	CHRI: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
		Nigeria was the host of the recently concluded meeting that was held in the capital city, Abuja, from December 5-8, 2003 and was attended by heads of government or senior representatives from 52 countries.
		This CHOGM's statement is the Aso Rock Commonwealth Declaration on Democracy and Development : Partnership of Peace and Prosperity.
		CHRI's team at CHOGM - Maja Daruwala, Clare Doube and Bernice Sam - gave television, radio and press interviews and were widely quoted in Nigeria and abroad.
	www.humanrightsinitiative.org /advocacy/chogm/chogm2003.htm (627 words)

	CHOGM panel to monitor Zimbabwe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The CHOGM decided not to take any action against Zimbabwe until after the election, in which President Robert Mugabe faces the toughest challenge yet to his two-decade rule from Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
		However, the CHOGM statement, in light of such reports of human rights abuses, has left the way open for sanctions and the suspension of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth.
		CHOGM's three-man panel consists of President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo and Australian Prime Minister John Howard.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=23601 (727 words)

	CHOGM 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		CHOGM 2002, to be held at Coolum in Queensland from 2 – 5 March, will be the most important international meeting held in Australia this year.
		Whilst this year’s CHOGM will be looking at what the Commonwealth can, and should, do in the future, we should not forget the Commonwealth’s proud record of achievement to date.
		I consider it a great honour for Australia to be able to play a central role this year as host and Chairman of the 2002 CHOGM and support its work.
	www.pm.gov.au /news/media_releases/2002/media_release1537.htm (465 words)

	CHOGM VENUE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		So am I. The experience of the recent CHOGM in South Africa, however, unfortunately showed clearly that Canberra would not be able to meet the considerable logistic demands for a meeting of this size.
		The sheer size of the modern CHOGM and the space, accommodation and other requirements necessary to stage a successful meeting place a huge demand on the resources of the host city.
		It was also evident after Durban that Commonwealth leaders wanted to streamline arrangements for CHOGM, in particular to place greater emphasis on the retreat element of the meeting, with a minimum of extra travel.
	www.pm.gov.au /news/media_releases/1999/chogm3112.htm (402 words)

	Kangaroo Meat Off CHOGM Menu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Skippy won't be on the menu for world leaders attending next month's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on the Sunshine Coast, after a ban was placed on kangaroo steaks for the four day gathering because eating roo-meat might be seen as "insensitive.
		CHOGM was originally to be held in Brisbane last year but the meeting was postponed and moved north the Coolum after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
		Skippy banned from the CHOGM menu (4/2) - we have lost a great opportunity to showcase how delicious and healthy a kangaroo meat alternative would be to the environmentally destructive sheep and cattle industries.
	www.awpc.org.au /archives/chogm.htm (383 words)

	CNN.com - Questioning the relevance of CHOGM - March 4, 2002
		For starters, the rules of CHOGM decree that any actions agreed upon at the meeting have to be reached by a consensus view.
		Saturday's action plan on terrorism is a rare exception to the CHOGM rule, but real questions remain over how well such fine sentiments are implemented and monitored.
		This is where the nations' leaders get to mingle one-on-one, without their teams of advisers, to talk frankly and off the record about the issues that really concern them.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/03/02/chogm.relevance (583 words)

	Chogm 2003
		Abuja CHOGM 2003 will open with a public ceremony, where the Head of the Commonwealth, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will present an address.
		They may issue a Declaration at the conclusion of their retreat on 7 December and a final Communiqué at the conclusion of CHOGM on Monday, 8 December 2003.
		A cultural event is being planned by the British Council Nigeria on December 7, 2003 as part of activities to commemorate the CHOGM.
	www.nigeriafirst.org /preparation.shtml (1176 words)

	The Edinburgh CHOGM: The Outcomes and Implications for Australia
		Importantly, the Declaration recognised the importance of differentiation in international negotiations on environmental issues by stating that the cost of protecting the environment should be "borne in accordance with shared and differentiated responsibilities".
		The Edinburgh CHOGM sent a clear message that the Kyoto outcome needs to be workable and provide a framework for a global solution to what we all recognise is a global problem.
		As the Edinburgh CHOGM demonstrated, the Commonwealth is a remarkably supple and forward-looking body which finds strength in the diversity of its membership and is encouraging countries to shape their own political and economic futures into the new millennium.
	www.dfat.gov.au /media/speeches/foreign/1997/chogm27november97.html (2528 words)

	ANC Today - Volume 2, No 10 8 March 2002
		The three are specifically defined as "the CHOGM Chairman-in-Office as well as the former and next Chairmen-in-Office in close consultation with the Secretary-general" This represents the application of the principle of a "troika", as institutionalised by organisations such as the European Union, the OAU and the Non-Aligned Movement.
		This is consistent with an equally unfortunate, false and dangerous presentation of the debate on Zimbabwe at CHOGM as having been characterised by a division between a fl Commonwealth and a white Commonwealth.
		CHOGM split on the basis of race and colour, with the Africans, in particular, dominating the fl faction; · the white Commonwealth, represented by Australia, the UK, Canada and New Zealand, spoke as one; (interestingly nothing is said about Malta and Cyprus);
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/anctoday/2002/at10.htm (2353 words)

	TMA \| Sept 2001 \| CHOGM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Jubilee Australia is gearing up to promote its debt relief message at the upcoming CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) in Brisbane.
		CHOGM, to be held from 4 to 7 October, will attract leaders from 53 Commonwealth countries (Fiji and Pakistan are currently suspended), plus heads of major NGOs and an international media contingent.
		According to Jubilee Australia, CHOGM represents a rare opportunity for rich countries, including G7 members Canada and the UK, and debtor nations, such as Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Nigeria, to sit alongside one another in an international forum.
	www.media.anglican.com.au /tma/2001/2001_09/chogm.html (310 words)

	CHOGM. ABC News Online
		A Queensland MP has blasted the organisers of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) for organising a fashion parade and a women's health forum for spouses.
		The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) security lock-down on the Sunshine Coast will be lifted later today, as an army of people begin the clean-up.
		CHOGM delegates agree on more powers to deal with crises
	www.abc.net.au /news/indepth/chogm (585 words)

	Vajpayee attends a CHOGM summit divided by Zimbabwe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Relishing the international focus on their country as the host of CHOGM, the Nigerians used the opportunity to showcase their rich and colourful cultural heritage to the world.
		The decision by CHOGM to keep Zimbabwe under suspension came after it considered a report by a group of six nations, including India, on the issue.
		CHOGM had demanded that Zimbabwe undertake reforms and reconciliation with the opposition in the southern African country before its return to the grouping.
	www.indiagov.org /i_digest/2003/dec_02/pm_chogm.htm (597 words)

	2003 CHOGM: Amnesty International campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		"A common reaction to CHOGM, and the Commonwealth generally – from the media, the public, and even member governments - is one of indifference at best, and extreme scepticism at worst," said Ced Simpson, the convenor of the Association of Commonwealth Amnesty International Sections (ACAIS).
		Amnesty is urging Commonwealth leaders at CHOGM 2003 to:
		Finally, Amnesty International does not want to see CHOGM 2003 dominated by the "issue" of Zimbabwe, to the exclusion of other pressing human rights issues.
	www.amnesty.org.nz /web/chogm.nsf/pages/2003CHOGMIntroduction (568 words)

	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, 1997 (CHOGM 97) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The theme and primary focus of discussions at the 1997 CHOGM in Edinburgh was Trade, Investment and Development: the Road to Commonwealth Prosperity.
		Leaders welcomed the completion of the electoral phase of the transition to civilian, democratic and constitutional rule in the Gambia; expressed concern over the continued existence of a military government in Nigeria; and strongly condemned the military coup in Sierra Leone in May 1997.
		Nigeria, which was suspended at CHOGM 1995 and was the main country of concern for CMAG in 1997, has since been welcomed back into the Commonwealth following democratic elections and the inauguration of the new President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in May 1999.
	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /foreign_policy/commonwealth/imoc306-en.asp (250 words)

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