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Commonwealth ministers call for new ways of managing ocean resources

Ministers agree to intensify efforts to create greater understanding of the value of ocean resources in national development and new ways of working together to agree goals for ocean management
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Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group to meet on Maldives

Ministers to discuss findings of ministerial mission
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Commonwealth Expert Team issues Final Report on November 2011 Presidential Election in The Gambia

Peaceful and well organised election with an impressive turn-out, but democratic reforms must be urgently pursued
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Commonwealth to convene judicial seminar in Papua New Guinea

The Commonwealth Secretariat will convene a seminar for Papua New Guinea judges from 23 to 24 February 2012 on judicial independence and ethics.
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Departure Statement - Commonwealth ministerial mission to Maldives

A Commonwealth ministerial mission has been in the Maldives capital, Male, to gain a better understanding of recent events in the South Asian state
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Arrival Statement - Commonwealth ministerial mission to Maldives

A Commonwealth ministerial mission has arrived in the Maldives capital, Male, to gain a better understanding of recent events in the South Asian state
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Commonwealth Secretary-General to Pakistan: You can always count on us

Message by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma. Mr Sharma is visiting Islamabad, Pakistan, from 16 to 19 February, 2012.
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Commonwealth ministers to arrive in Maldives Friday

Delegation will hold discussions with key interlocutors on circumstances surrounding the resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed
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African symposium explores natural fibres

South Africa conference looks at the economic potential of natural fibres
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Now is the time! Why Rio+20 must succeed

By A joint statement by leading experts, co-ordinated by the German Development Institute

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Financing climate change investments in the developing world

By Stephanie Pfeifer, Executive Director, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)

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Drought in developing economies

By Geoffrey Livingston, Regional Economist for East and Southern Africa, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and Oussama Ameziane-Hassani, Research Assistant, IFAD