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Issue 410 | 8 October 2008

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News
Commonwealth finance ministers meet in St Lucia
Diversity of experiences an asset to the world - Sharma
Sharma urges governments to address teacher salaries
Global shortage of teachers is a ‘silent crisis’ which must not be ignored
UN review targets universal coverage of human rights
Commonwealth seminar provides assistance to Caribbean countries submitting their entries to this complex process
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Events

2008 Annual Small States Forum
Location: World Bank, Washington DC, USA
Date: 11 October 2008
The 2008 Annual Small States Forum will be held on 11 October in the wings of the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings. The theme of this year’s meeting is ‘Regional Co-operation and Approaches: Policies, Practice and Prospects’. The Chair of this year’s meeting is the Hon Professor Peter H Katjavivi of Namibia. Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Director of the Economic Affairs Division at the Commonwealth Secretariat, is scheduled to address the gathering at the end of the meeting concerning the way forward. The Annual Small States Forum is a recommendation of the 2000 Commonwealth Secretariat/World Bank Joint Task Force Report on Small States.

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