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Leaders of more than fifty Commonwealth nations gathered in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, today for the official opening of the 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), held under the theme, ‘Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming’.

Your Majesties, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

On behalf of The Queen, in this Platinum Jubilee Year, my wife and I are delighted to be with you all here in Rwanda for this 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. 

It is a pleasure and an honour to welcome you to the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, the sixth in Africa, and the first since our world was turned upside down by a devastating pandemic.

[To President Kagame] Mr President, thank you for welcoming us to your beautiful, inspiring country – it is so wonderful to be in Rwanda, and in this incredible, thriving, rising continent.

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An event on Access to Justice and Technology and the Inaugural Commonwealth Legal Debate were held on the margins of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting today, with justice and legal industry experts gathered alongside student lawyers to discuss the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Commonwealth foreign ministers have met face-to-face for the first time in almost three years, ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Commonwealth leaders have met to discuss anti-microbial resistance (AMR), which poses a serious threat to human, animal, plant and environmental health, as well as food safety and food security.  

Kigali, Rwanda - The upcoming Commonwealth Games will inspire and empower all Commonwealth citizens, in turn helping to boost development and health outcomes following the COVID-19 pandemic, Ministers and sport sector representatives have heard.

Commonwealth leaders, health professionals and civil society meet for a special event to mobilise a Commonwealth-wide awareness campaign and policy interventions to tackle mental health challenges post COVID-19.

Commonwealth Secretariat and The NO MORE Foundation Launch New Guidelines to Help Reduce Violence Against Women and Girls in 54 Commonwealth Member Countries

On June 21, the halls of the Intare Conference Arena were filled with celebration and dancing as delegates at the 12th Commonwealth Youth Forum wrapped-up months of hard work and negotiations at a closing ceremony.  

Mitigating the effects of climate change and enhancing the use of technology to improve livelihoods are two of the topics that took centre stage on the second day of the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF 2022) in Kigali.

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The Commonwealth People’s Forum — the largest gathering of civil society in the Commonwealth — convened leading climate negotiators and experts from India, Saint Lucia, and Rwanda to discuss how the Commonwealth can deliver climate justice where other mechanisms have failed.

Community-level rehabilitation key to preventing further violence as terrorism and extremism remain significant across Commonwealth.

Commonwealth Secretariat secures $10 million in extra funding for Small Island Developing States as Cambridge Collaboration pays dividends.

Leaders and senior officials from across the Commonwealth have voiced their robust support for a non-binding charter on climate change, biodiversity and land degradation, that would boost coordinated action in these areas among the 54 countries of the Commonwealth.

Today on the margins of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, leaders and ministers met for high-level discussions on how to best strengthen support for the Commonwealth’s 32 Small States.

At the Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Women’s Forum today, Deputy Secretary-General Arjoon Suddhoo thanked delegates for their continued commitment to gender equity and women’s empowerment.

The 2022 Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF 2022) commenced in Kigali today, with participants deliberating on key global issues and the role of the Commonwealth in leading a global reset as the world emerges from the pandemic.

Young leaders representing the 54 Commonwealth countries have presented a six-point action plan on youth development to Heads of Government gathered for a seminal meeting in Rwanda.

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Although treatable and preventable, cervical cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in some countries. Leading experts have called on governments to accelerate cervical cancer elimination efforts across the Commonwealth, where it is estimated that one woman will die of cervical cancer every three minutes if no action is taken by 2030.

The Commonwealth Digital Trade Hackathon was officially launched today at the Commonwealth Youth Forum (CYF 2022), held on the margins of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali.