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58th Conference


For media coverage on the forthcoming Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference from 7-15 September in Colombo, Sri Lanka, please click here...

Throughout the Year

The Parliamentarian Issue One/2012

The Journal of Commonwealth Parliamentarians and Legislatures is published and distributed to all Members at the end of each quarter. Articles and reports contributed by Members and parliamentary staff inform their colleagues in other Houses about significant constitutional, parliamentary and political developments.

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CPA Update

The Association's electronic newsletter is issued approximately monthly to inform Members about CPA programmes and meetings. 

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First Reading

Developments in Maldives, Nigerian state elections, U.K. devolution, the CPA and Commonwealth Heads of Government and much more can be found in the February 2012 issue of the CPA newsletter, now online.  Click here.

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Latest News

The Chairperson's Commonwealth Day Message

Commonwealth Day is a time for reflection and renewal. This year its celebratory aspects are enhanced by recognition of the Diamond Jubilee of the Head of the Commonwealth, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. She has epitomised the centrality of the Commonwealth’s achievement of binding together peoples from across the globe in a free association which seeks to up hold the rule of law, freedom of speech, respect for human rights and parliamentary democracy. Read more... 

Calling for applications: African Leadership Programme at the London School of Economics
The London School of Economics is offering for the first time in 2012 a Programme for African Leadership, generously supported by Firoz and Najma Lalji. Applications for September 2012 are now open. Read more...

Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting


Location: Tonga
Date: 16-20 April, 2012

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee Meeting will be held in the Fa’onelua Convention Centre, Nuku’alofa, from April 16, 2012, to April 20, 2012.

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