More than 60 percent of the Commonwealth population is aged 29 or under (representing one in three of the world's young people). Its membership reflects many religions, ethnicities, languages and cultures and its combined population of over two billion people account for approximately 30 per cent of the world's population. The Commonwealth is a unique grouping of 56 developed and developing nations spread over every continent and ocean in the world.
Staff at the Commonwealth Secretariat are structured around areas of work and a Senior Management Committee (SMC).
The next CHOGM is in 2024, when Samoan Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa will become Chair-in-Office. The two-year role comes into effect at the start of the CHOGM. The Chair-in-Office is the leader of the Commonwealth country that hosts a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). The term ‘Good Offices’ refers to the Commonwealth's conflict prevention and resolution work. The Chair-in-Office represents the Commonwealth at high-level international meetings and reinforces the Good Offices role of the Commonwealth Secretary-General. Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is the current Commonwealth Chair-in-Office.The Executive Committee includes the eight largest contributors to the Secretariat’s total resources, with additional member countries from each region elected to serve two-year terms. The Executive Committee is a sub-committee of the Board of Governors that can make policy recommendations to the Board and oversees budgets and audit functions. The Chairperson of the Board of Governors and the representative of the Chair in Office also sit on the Executive Committee. The role of the Board of Governors, which usually meets once a year, is to approve the Secretariat’s strategic plans, work programmes and budgets. The Right Honourable Patricia Scotland KC is the current Commonwealth Secretary-General.Īll member governments are represented on the Commonwealth Secretariat Board of Governors by their High Commissioners.The Commonwealth Secretary-General is responsible for representing the Commonwealth publicly, and is the Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Secretariat.
The Commonwealth Secretariat is the intergovernmental organisation which supports member countries and co-ordinates Commonwealth activities.
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