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	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, 1997 (CHOGM 97) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The special theme reflects the view that the importance of the Commonwealth as a vehicle for commercial and economic co-operation is both under-valued and under-utilized.
		The Heads of Government adopted the Edinburgh Commonwealth Economic Declaration on Promoting Shared Prosperity which highlighted the opportunities and challenges of expanding trade and investment flows, and the importance of managing the risks inherent in the globalization process.
		Heads of Government received a Report from the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) covering three countries, viz.
	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /foreign_policy/commonwealth/imoc306-en.asp (250 words)

	Alternative News Network, Cairns, tropical north Queensland, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Heads of Government welcomed the continuing progress in the development and growth of democratic institutions in Pakistan, as evident by the election of the National Assembly, the Senate and Provincial Assemblies, and the formation of democratic governments at the national and provincial levels.
		Heads of Government welcomed the signing by the Republic of Cyprus of the Accession Treaty to the European Union on 16 April, 2003 and expressed the wish that a solution of the Cyprus problem would be found before 1 May 2004 that would allow a reunited Cyprus to become a member of the European Union.
		Heads of Government noted further that terrorism and its consequences had placed additional burdens on small states in the form of high costs of security and possible loss of tourism revenue, including the impact on their national budgets in the form of diversion of funds away from the critical areas of development.
	us.altnews.com.au /nuke/print.php?sid=6065 (3808 words)

	Latest Activities - Office of the Prime Minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Heads of Government condemned the unconstitutional overthrow of the democratically elected Government in Pakistan on 12 October 1999.
		Heads of Government expressed their deep concern at the targeting of civilians, especially women and children, including recent attacks on humanitarian personnel, noting that these acts which violate international law are often undertaken with impunity.
		Heads of Government reaffirmed their commitment to education and training as essential foundations of human development and emphasised their central importance in equipping people with the knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of development and to take advantage of the opportunities presented by globalisation.
	www.belize.gov.bz /pm/activities/durban99/welcome.html (4152 words)

	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations.
		From 1944 until 1971, the meetings were known as Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conferences and were generally held in London although the Commonwealth leaders met in Lagos in 1966.
		The Meeting was adjourned to March 2002, and held in the seaside resort of Coolum, Queensland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commonwealth_Heads_of_Government_Meeting (450 words)

	CHOGM 99 - Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Meeting was chaired by the Rt Hon Owen Arthur, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Barbados, and the Hon George McCarthy, Financial Secretary, Cayman Islands.
		On all these issues, Ministers agreed to take forward their conclusions to the forthcoming Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC, meetings of groupings such as the G-8 and G-24 in which they were represented and to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Durban, South Africa, in November 1999.
		They welcomed the achievements of the Commonwealth Private Investment Initiative and looked forward to the establishment of successor regional funds in Africa and the Pacific Islands in the year 2000, which would be further evidence of the mobilisation of private sector capital flows to developing countries.
	www.chogm99.org /reports/r4b.htm (2929 words)

	Prime Minister reports back on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
		Heads of Government agreed on the need to accelerate progress to meet the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to halve the proportion of people living in poverty by 2015.
		The meeting considered the situation in the two countries that have been suspended from the Councils of the Commonwealth: Pakistan and Zimbabwe.
		At this Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting a group of more than fifty countries came together to discuss the issues that matter most to their peoples - prosperity, security, sustainable development, the fight against terror - and agreed a common approach on all, in the interests of all.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page4961.asp (1218 words)

	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, 1999 (CHOGM 99) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It commits the Commonwealth to ensuring that benefits of globalization are shared by all and calls for a new WTO round with a pronounced developmental dimension.
		Heads of Government condemned the military coup in Pakistan and called for the restoration of civilian democratic rule without delay.
		The Group consisted of the Heads of Government of Australia, Fiji, India, Malta, Singapore, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, the UK and Zimbabwe.
	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /foreign_policy/commonwealth/imoc308-en.asp (648 words)

	UK Parliament - House of Commons
		Her Majesty the Queen attended the meeting in her role as Head of the Commonwealth and also paid a state visit to Nigeria, where she was warmly welcomed by the Nigerian people.
		At this Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, a group of more than 50 countries came together to discuss the issues that matter most to their peoples—prosperity, security, sustainable development, and the fight against terror—and agreed a common approach on all, in the interests of all.
		One important agreement to be reached at the Commonwealth meeting was that the Commonwealth would send a group of Ministers around key capitals to stress the importance for both developing and developed countries of an early resumption of the round.
	www.zimbabwedemocracytrust.org /outcomes/details?contentId=1805 (14326 words)

	CNN.com - Terrorism, Zimbabwe dominate Commonwealth meet - March 1, 2002
		Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon told a media briefing Friday that global terrorism was the top agenda item for the 51 Commonwealth delegations attending this years event.
		Access to the delegates and the meetings is also being strictly controlled with the 943 journalists present being confined to a media center far removed from the leaders.
		The Commonwealth is concerned about what it calls the erosion of the democratic process in Zimbabwe, particularly in the lead-up to the nation's national election scheduled for November 8.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/03/01/aust.chogm.2300 (625 words)

	Brudirect.com - Local News
		It is a tradition of CHOGM that the heads of delegation enter the conference hall together in a procession.
		The spouses of the heads of government and other representatives enter the hall separately and Yang Teramat Mulia Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Zariah was among the distinguished ladies.
		At the Abuja meeting, the Commonwealth leaders are expected to discuss the connections between democracy and development and receive a report from a commonwealth expert group on these issues.
	www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Dec03/071203/nite07.htm (432 words)

	Welcome to Commonwealth Police Watch E-magazine
		The meet is a fantastic opportunity for the region to get women and policing firmly on the Commonwealth agenda - particularly ahead of the CHOGM later in 2007.
		CHOGM is a chance for government heads to direct the policy of the Commonwealth for the following two years.
		The meeting is one of the first opportunities to guide and direct Commonwealth policy over the next few years, as well as influencing the heads of government meeting.
	www.commonwealthpolicewatch.org (938 words)

	Letter to President Obasanjo on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Human Rights Watch, November 27, 2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Much attention will be focused during the CHOGM on developments in Zimbabwe and Pakistan, both of which remain suspended from the councils of the Commonwealth for their violations of human rights and democratic process.
		Commonwealth countries, given their commitment to promote human rights, are in a position to help focus the debate on what governments can do to halt and prevent the misuse of small arms.
		Commonwealth member governments and the Commonwealth itself should adopt — and make binding — strict arms trade criteria on the observance of human rights and compliance with international humanitarian law.
	hrw.org /press/2003/11/nigeria-ltr112703.htm (2619 words)

	Communiqué of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Review Meeting
		We are agreed that one element of such action must be the adoption of further measures designed to impress on the authorities in Pretoria the compelling urgency of dismantling apartheid and erecting the structures of democracy in South Africa.
		We believe the Commonwealth must retain its capacity to help to advance the objectives of the Nassau Accord and be ready to use all the means at its disposal to do so.
		Meeting in London at a time of heightened strains within our association, we take the opportunity to renew our own firm commitment to the future of the Commonwealth and to the aims and objectives which have guided it over the years.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/commonwealth/communique.html (1466 words)

	BBC News \| Africa \| Commonwealth elects new leader
		Commonwealth heads of government have unanimously elected the New Zealand Foreign Minister, Don McKinnon, as the organisation's new Secretary-General.
		In his first comments to journalists, Mr McKinnon said leaders at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Durban had confirmed a decision to suspend Pakistan, but a formal announcement would not be made until Monday.
		The United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth, the head of the Commonwealth, said it was appropriate that the meeting was taken place in the "rainbow nation of South Africa".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/africa/517132.stm (632 words)

	Prime Minister's Speeches - 2002 - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Australia
		Commonwealth Heads of Government also adopted the Report of the High Level Review Group established at the previous Heads of Government meeting in Durban in 1999.
		Heads also established a High Level Expert Group to report on globalisation to the 2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Nigeria.
		Mr Speaker, these are useful developments, which strengthen the Commonwealth as an organisation committed to promoting democracy and good governance, economic development, and tolerance and racial harmony among its members.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page1703.asp (1355 words)

	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Abuja, Nigeria, 5 - 8 December 2003, Operational Notes and Media ...
		The Nigerian Government is hosting the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Abuja, from 5 to 8 December 2003.
		The Heads of Government will be on Retreat at the Presidential Villa (otherwise called Aso Rock) in Abuja on 6-7 December 2003.
		Heads 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.
	www.dfa.gov.za /docs/2003/chogm1021.htm (2287 words)

	Commonwealth & the Tamil Struggle
		We seek the support of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting for the call made by 15 non governmental human rights organisations, in February this year, for international recognition of the right of the Tamil people to self determination.
		In sum, the Sri Lanka government is engaged in a war for land in the Tamil homeland.
		Recent statements of the Sri Lanka Government that `ground conditions in the East indicate that a referendum could be held' early next year to determine the `will of the people whether the Eastern Province should be continued to be joined to the Northern Province' serves only to confirm that objective.
	www.tamilnation.org /intframe/chogm/chogm93.htm (1355 words)

	Come on Commonwealth, Open Up
		THE COMMONWEALTH heads of government meeting beginning in the Nigerian capital this week is committed to promotion of development and democracy - both in heavy deficit among member countries.
		The report is asking heads of government to immediately implement “liberal access to information laws developed by people and governments working in close cooperation.” It is asking the institutions of the Commonwealth itself to put in place disclosure and information sharing policies.
		The report is asking the Commonwealth heads of government meeting this year (CHOGM 2003) to declare that the right to information is central to democracy and development.
	www.ipsnews.net /focus/tv_abuja/02122003/page_5.asp (1131 words)

	BBC News \| Africa \| Pakistan faces Commonwealth penalty
		Reports said the panel was unanimous in its call for heads of government to confirm last month's decision to suspend Pakistan.
		Pakistan is also likely to feature heavily on the agenda of a two-day retreat for heads of government in the coastal resort of George.
		Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku said Commonwealth leaders should be spending the next few days considering the economic challenges of member states in the 21st century.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/516921.stm (578 words)

	Commonwealth People's Forum - Inter Press Service The Global News Agency
		ABUJA - The bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting got underway in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Friday with traditional dances and a parade of flags from the group's 54 member states.
		ABUJA - The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting beginning in the Nigerian capital this week is committed to promoting development and democracy - both in heavy deficit among member countries.
		The event, with the theme 'Citizens and Governance', is being held parallel to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CHOGM.
	www.ipsnews.net /focus/tv_abuja/ips_news.asp (645 words)

	Address at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
		On behalf of my fellow Commonwealth colleagues, I have the pleasure to express how delighted we are to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the beautiful town of Coolum as the guests of the Australian Government.
		Perhaps because of the diverse nature of the Commonwealth, we are better placed than many to lead the struggle against racism, racial and gender discrimination and xenophobia.
		We have the opportunity at this meeting, to chart a specific, decisive course and provide fresh impetus for the upliftment of the living conditions and fulfilment of the dreams and aspirations of the ordinary masses of our people.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/mbeki/2002/tm0304.html (791 words)

	Sierra Leone: President: President Kabbah at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, was among some fifty-two Heads of State and Government who attended this year's CHOGM in Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria.
		The meeting was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and host President Olusegun Obasanjo had his country Nigeria entertain their guests to some of the most lavish and spectacular performances and hospitality throughout the meeting.
		Apart from the politics of the Commonwealth, leaders devoted time to real issues such as developing public - private partnerships and the forging of strategic alliances among and between member-states of the Commonwealth.
	www.statehouse-sl.org /pres-com-meet.html (265 words)

	London Diary: COMMONWEALTH COMES HOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Commonwealth heads of Government meeting took off the ground on 24 October 97 and will be in progress until 27 October at Edinburgh, Britain, with British Prime Minister Tony Blair as host and chairperson.
		The uniqueness of CHOGM is that it is the only international forum of its kind where Head of Government from virtually all corners of the globe, representing all regions, traditions and levels of development can meet every two years, on an informal basis, and reach consensus on issues of common concern.
		Nigeria was suspended from the Commonwealth at the 1995 CHOGM, in New Zealand, pending its return to compliance with the 1991 Harare Commonwealth Declaration.
	www.infolanka.com /org/diary/31.html (644 words)

	COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVT MEETING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Commonwealth, which South Africa rejoined on 1 June 1994, is a voluntary association of 54 independent sovereign states, each responsible for its own policies, consulting and cooperating in the common interests of their peoples and in the promotion of international understanding and world peace.
		All Commonwealth countries accept Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as the symbol of their free association and thus Head of the Commonwealth.
		The Commonwealth has no constitution or charter, but members commit themselves to the core statements of belief set out by the Heads of Government at their two-yearly meetings.
	www.info.gov.za /speeches/1997/10240X31797.htm (357 words)

	IFEX ::
		"Firm and transparent mechanisms must be implemented at this year's meeting to establish criteria for admittance to the Commonwealth; to elaborate the principles outlined in the Harare Declaration; and to oblige countries to report regularly on their progress in improving human rights standards," she concluded.
		ARTICLE 19 urges the British government to honour its commitment to press for expansion of the Harare Declaration on the subject of freedom of expression.
		This is particularly urgent given the fact that few Commonwealth countries are beyond reproach when it comes to respecting all the elements of freedom of expression, which include legislation ensuring freedom of information, right to freedom of assembly, and a free and independent media.
	www.ifex.org /fr/content/view/full/50011 (732 words)

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