CHOGM 2024: Highlights of Day 6

Outgoing Secretary General, the Rt Hon. Patricia Scotland KC (right) congratulated her successor, the Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, currently Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, after her selection by government leaders.

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On the final day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa, leaders met for the final meeting. The meeting discussed progress on CHOGM 2022’s key mandates and set a shared path for the future of the Commonwealth. The leaders reaffirmed their commitment to addressing global economic, environmental and security challenges, while exploring ways to increase resilience, sustainable trade and inclusive growth and focus on the empowerment of youth and women. Their commitments are set out in the key documents below.

The heads of government announced the selection of the Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, currently Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana, as the new Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Read Ms Botchwey’s statement to the media.

It was also announced that Antigua and Barbuda will host the next meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government. The Commonwealth family will meet there again in 2026.

CHOGM 2024: Highlights of Day 6

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