30th Meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG)
Location: New York
Date: 27 September 2008
CMAG was established by Commonwealth Heads of Government in November 1995 to deal with serious or persistent violations of the association’s fundamental political values. The Group is convened by the Commonwealth Secretary-General and is composed of the Foreign Ministers of nine Commonwealth member countries. It currently includes the Foreign Ministers of Ghana, Malaysia, Namibia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. The only country formally on CMAG’s agenda at present is Fiji Islands, which remains suspended from the councils of the Commonwealth since December 2006, following a military coup in that country.

Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting
Location: St Lucia
Date: 6-8 October 2008
This annual event, always held prior to a World Bank and International Monetary Fund meeting, provides a forum for exchange of views on the major economic issues of the day and international and domestic policy challenges. This year Finance Ministers will be focusing on key international financial issues including reform of the Bretton Woods Institutions, and addressing the repercussions in their respective economies of current high food and fuel prices. Other meetings between Central Bank Governors and Senior Finance Officials as well as the Commonwealth Ministerial Debt Sustainability Forum will also take place in the fringes of this meeting.

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