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Commonwealth News - Issue 458 | 30 September 2009 Full text version
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Sharma meets Fiji’s Interim Prime Minister in margins of UN General Assembly
Secretary-General stressed that plans to wait five years before holding elections could not be supported by the Commonwealth
‘The seas are becoming deserts’ – Experts warn of a collapse in fisheries
Commonwealth study urges governments to act to stave off disaster
Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group - Concluding Statement
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare Declaration (CMAG) held its thirty-second regular meeting in New York on 26 September 2009.
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Top HIV/AIDS experts to address Commonwealth conference
Meeting will look at stigma, access to treatment and the impact of the financial crisis on internationally agreed health goals

Pacific tsunami: Secretary-General writes to Prime Minister of Samoa
“The Commonwealth Secretariat and I stand in solidarity with you” - Sharma

Commonwealth’s teacher recruitment guidelines cited as ‘excellent model’ for USA to consider
Influential report urges America to develop national ethical standards for hiring migrant teachers

Commonwealth Secretary-General visits Cyprus
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma is visiting the Republic of Cyprus from 30 September to 2 October 2009.

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