News Release The Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG), today, indicated in an interim statement that it will be calling for the Commonwealth to speak publicly as required and to act with greater authority on serious or persistent violations of Commonwealth values, including democracy, the rule of law and human rights. They will also be calling […]
News Release Donation will support the foundation’s media innovation initiatives. MIAMI (OCT. 26, 2010) – Knight Foundation announced today that it has received a $2 million grant from Google Inc. to support the foundation’s media innovation work. “Journalism is fundamental to a functioning democracy, and we want to do our part to help fulfill the […]
Commonwealth Observer Group Tanzania General Elections 31 October 2010 NEWS RELEASE Arrival Statement by Rt Hon Paul East QC Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, constituted an Observer Group for the 2010 Tanzania General Elections, following an invitation from the National Electoral Commission. The Commonwealth, you will recall, was […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gov2u Anavryton 20, Maroussi 15124, Athens, Greece T: +30-210-6121340 Email: info@gov2u.org Athens October 25, 2010 We are welcoming you to the live platform of Africa4All (www.africa4all.net), where we hope to facilitate a genuine dialogue between citizens and parliamentarians within the African context. The Africa4All project aims to create a new relationship between Members […]
A. Introduction Our esteemed partners, members of the press, it is my privilege and pleasure to welcome you to our weekly press briefing. Today, the Commission would like to update the public concerning the preparations for nomination of candidates, the progress of cleaning the National Voters’ Register and the arrangements for the National Prayer Week. […]
News Release Attorney-General Hon Robert McClelland MP and Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma – Joint media release Attorney-General, Robert McClelland and Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma have launched the July 2011 Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting (CLMM) website. The website was launched to coincide with a Senior Officials of Commonwealth Law Ministries Meeting in London. It contains latest […]
The 4th Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) – Africa region is scheduled to take place from 26th – 31st October 2010 in Kampala, Uganda. The theme of the Conference is “Reducing maternal and infant mortality by 2015 : is Africa on track ?” Sessions of presentations/discussions will be on three focus areas, namely : Key […]
Nature’s riches can play a major role in poverty eradication, but only if governments and businesses recognise the true economic value of the goods and services our environment provides us. That’s the central message of a free book published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Birdlife International and Pavan Sukhdev — […]
Press Release IUCN, IIED and Internews launch Biodiversity Media Alliance Journalists need more training and greater access to sources and information if they are to effectively tell an under-reported story that has profound implications for livelihoods, health and businesses the world over — the silent decline in the planet’s biological resources. So say media specialists […]
Press Release The United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, has backed citizens worldwide who are demanding a fundamental shift in food and agricultural research to make them more democratic and accountable to society. De Schutter outlines his support in the foreword to a multimedia publication that the International Institute […]