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Australia to host CHOGM 2011 | Australia will host the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). This was
decided at the current CHOGM in Trinidad and Tobago. According to News.com.au,
an official announcement in this regard is expected to be made today. Sri Lanka
had been lobbying had to host the 2011 CHOGM, but it is believed it will now host
the 2013 meeting. The biennial summit of CHOGM, which involves 53 leaders from
Commonwealth nations, discusses issues relevant largely to the Commonwealth. The
relevance of the summit was questioned last week when a damning report released
by the British-based Royal Commonwealth Society suggested that the once-powerful
alliance was fading. However, the importance of this year's event is far more
important as it would be the last major gathering of leaders before the December
7-18 United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen. Trinidad's Prime Minister
Patrick Manning invited French President Nicholas Sarkozy, United Nations Secretary-General
Ban ki-Moon and Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen to the CHOGM discussion table.
Australia has previously hosted the CHOGM twice. The first CHOGM was held in Singapore
in 1971. |
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