I join the people of Bangladesh in mourning the loss of Sharif Osman Hadi and convey my sincere condolences to his family and ...

A Commonwealth Observer Group (COG), which observed Guyana’s 1 September 2025 General and Regional Elections has concluded that the elections were largely peaceful with voting, counting, and ...

The Secretary-General’s decision was informed by a Pre-Election Assessment Mission undertaken by the Secretariat staff team from 21 to 25 July 2025. The Pre-Election Assessment Mission met with ...

Remarks by the Commonwealth Secretary-General at the King's Trust International: Legacy in Motion event on Wednesday 26 November 2025 at the Royal Over-Seas League. Read speech - Remarks by the ...

On the final day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2022 (CHOGM 2022), leaders met today in Kigali, under the theme of 'Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming'.

Since this is the first occasion on which I find myself attending this gathering of our “Family of Nations,” as Head of the Commonwealth, it gives my wife and myself enormous pleasure and pride to be ...

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, today convened a high-level panel on the margins of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change COP28 in Dubai on Leveraging ...

The Gambia today rejoined the Commonwealth, almost five years after leaving the organisation. The West Africa nation’s return was marked by a flag-raising ceremony at Marlborough House, the London ...

The Commonwealth has admitted Gabon and Togo as its 55th and 56th members respectively. Both countries are former French colonies. Leaders accepted applications by the two west African countries at ...

Our Strategic Plan for 2025–2030 sets out a clear and practical vision of how our work will lead to impact. It brings together three main areas of focus – democratic, economic, and environmental ...