Commonwealth Leaders meet in Rwanda after four years


Commonwealth leaders will be meeting in Kigali, Rwanda after four years to reaffirm their common values and agree actions and policies to improve the lives of all their citizens. The 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) takes place from June 20, 2022, to June 25, 2022. This year’s theme will be: ‘Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming.'

The biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) brings together delegations from 54 nations from Africa, the Caribbean and Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific. The meeting was scheduled in June 2020 but was postponed twice due to the to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The official opening of CHOGM takes place on Friday 24 June and is followed by the main high-level meetings of Heads on Friday 24 to Saturday 25 June. They are proceeded by four Forums, ministerial meetings, side events and other activities.

Rwandan president Paul Kagame, and Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, announced the week of June 20 as the new date agreed with member countries for the CHOGM.

"Rwanda is pleased to welcome all delegates and participants to Kigali for a safe and productive CHOGM Rwanda 2022," said Kagame in the statement.

"The long awaited meeting will be an important occasion to come together to address the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and to build on 'innovative technological and economic opportunities' to solve other key problems facing our citizens."

"I am delighted that the Commonwealth family can finally be reunited, four years on from our last CHOGM in London," said Scotland in the statement. According to Scotland, this will be the first CHOGM to be held in Africa for over a decade.

"It is with great joy and anticipation that I look ahead to a face-to-face Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting," she said.

The CHOGM is the Commonwealth's high-level consultative and policy-making gathering.

Here are the 54 Commonwealth Countries

Africa

S/NCOUNTRY
1.Botswana
2.Cameroon
3.Gambia
4.Ghana
5.Kenya
6.Kingdom of Eswatini
7.Lesotho
8.Malawi
9.Mauritius
10.Mozambique
11.Namibia
12.Nigeria
13.Rwanda
14.Seychelles
15.Sierra Leone
16.South Africa
17.Uganda
18.United Republic of Tanzania
19.Zambia

Asia

S/NCOUNTRY
20.Bangladesh
21.Brunei Darussalam
22.India
23.Malaysia
24.Maldives
25.Pakistan
26.Singapore
27.Sri Lanka

Caribbean and Americas

S/NCOUNTRY
28.Antigua and Barbuda
29.Bahamas
30.Barbados
31.Belize
32.Canada
33.Dominica
34.Grenada
35.Guyana
36.Jamaica
37.Saint Lucia
38.St Kitts and Nevis
39.St Vincent and The Grenadines
40.Trinidad and Tobago

Europe

S/NCOUNTRY
41.Cyprus
42.Malta
43.United Kingdom

Pacific

S/NCOUNTRY
44.Australia
45.Fiji
46.Kiribati
47.Nauru
48.New Zealand
49Papua New Guinea
50.Samoa
51.Solomon Islands
52.Tonga
53.Tuvalu
54.Vanuatu

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