A chain of high-level ministerial conferences will deliver in combination representatives from all Commonwealth member nations to alternate perspectives and talk about joint methods round governance, sustainable building and local weather problems, in the margins of the High-Level week of the 78th consultation of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
The Commonwealth Secretary-General arrives in New York this weekend, following on from the a success 10th Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting (CYMM) held in London, which introduced in combination Government ministers, senior govt officers, Accredited Organisations, schooling stakeholders and younger leaders from around the Commonwealth to agree on insurance policies and tasks geared toward supporting and empowering younger other folks throughout 56 member states.
In the margins of UNGA, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) will meet to talk about vital political trends around the Commonwealth, touching on to democracy, the guideline of regulation, excellent governance and different basic rules embedded in the Commonwealth Charter. The CMAG, established by means of Heads of Government to act because the custodian of the Commonwealth’s political values, can be chaired by means of the Prime Minister of Samoa, Hon Fiame Naomi Mata’afa.
On 21 September, Ministers attending the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) can be up to date on arrangements in opposition to the imminent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), scheduled for October 2024 in Samoa. The assembly, to be chaired by means of the Foreign Minister of Rwanda, the Hon Dr Vincent Biruta, can be a chance for Samoa to release the theme for the 2024 CHOGM and define its imaginative and prescient for the biennial summit. CFAMM will even assessment the development accomplished to date on mandates set out in the final CHOGM in Rwanda in June 2022 and chart the best way forward.
As commonplace, the CFAMM will even obtain updates on territorial problems impacting sure member nations, together with a document from the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Guyana, which is scheduled to meet on 17 September.
In the afternoon of 21 September, the United Kingdom will chair the inaugural Commonwealth Environment and Climate Ministerial Meeting (CECMM), which is able to define key priorities to take ahead to the imminent UN Climate Change Conference COP28. Ministers can be inspired to proportion nation studies and discover tactics to beef up collaboration to take on international demanding situations corresponding to local weather alternate, biodiversity loss, desertification, ocean degradation and power transition.
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, emphasized the vital timing of the gatherings, and the significance for the sector to see decisive motion taken on key problems:
“The hole between phrases and deeds looms huge over this UN General Assembly. On the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement, the sector is some distance off observe. The scale of the demanding situations we are facing call for our best possible ambition, and this General Assembly should be a turning level.
“As leaders gather in New York, Commonwealth ministers will come together with unity and purpose, driving forward our bold work to build a more peaceful and sustainable common future for the 2.6 billion people of the Commonwealth, and the wider world. We will lead by example, guided by our shared values, in pursuit of our shared interests, and resolute in our commitment to shared action.”
During the conferences, the Secretary-General will even replace ministers at the more than a few tasks and paintings programmes being carried out by means of the Commonwealth Secretariat to make stronger member nations, turning in at the mandates set by means of Commonwealth Heads of Government. She can be accompanied by means of a delegation of senior officers and professionals from the Secretariat, who can be in New York from 17 to 24 September.
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