'Click the Play Button' to to listen to The Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma, who talks to Robin White about some of the unanswered questions arising from CHOGM 2009.
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'Commonwealth Broadcasting Association"
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"Voice of the Young Commonwealth".
Robin White speeks to Nikoli Edwards, Crystal Liverpool, Quitoxe Williams, Alliesha Andrews, Immanuel Lashley, Shani Carrington and Jael Cudjoe about the Commonwealth, themselves and their own country.
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'Commonwealth Broadcasting Association"
Rt. Honourable Tunde Akogun. Majority Leader, House of Representatives, National Assembly Abuja, Nigera. Being presented the Yocomm brochure by Mr. Blackson Bayewumi, Yocomm Nigeria Representative.
YOCOMM EVENTS
COMMONWEALTH DAY 2009
Queen's Reception at Buckingham Palace on April 28, 2009
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II hosted a reception to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth at Buckingham Palace on April 28, 2009 in London, England. The Commonwealth Cantata was preformed at the Ballroom. There were more than 200 representatives from the Commonwealth, which included Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma, Sir Shridath Ramphal, Sir Don McKinnon and former President of Zambia Dr Kenneth Kaunda.
Yocomm Representatives also had the privilege of being part of the reception and also presented a booklet "A POIGNANT STORY ON THE EVOLUTION OF YOUTH IN THE COMMONWEALTH, INSPIRED BY HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II" to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Commonwealth.
"FUND RASING AND DONATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS BY PUPILS OF
WESTCOT PRIMARY SCHOOL IN HULL"
Youth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2008- Abuja, Nigeria
Senator Olasunkanmi Akinlabi, Minister of Youth Development, Nigeria, being presented the Yocomm brochure by T.Weerasinghe,Yocomm delegate
Youth participants at the Youth CHOGM
Stuart Mole, OBE, with the youth participants
A model Youth Commonwealth Heads of Goverment Meeting organised by the Commonwealth Youth Organisation of Nigeria (CYON), headed by Mr Blackson Bayewumi,and Chaired by Chief Adimbola Coker, was held in Abuja, Nigeria from 13th - 14th November 2008. There were over 500 young participants from several schools and organisations from Nigeria, and achieved wide press coverage. Guests of Honour were Mr. Stuart Mole, OBE, Director-General, Royal Commonwealth Society, UK and Dr. Chris Nonis, Deputy-Chairman, Royal Commonwealth Society, UK., who adressed the gathering. Other keynote speakers were Rt Hon Tunde Akogun, Leader of the House of Representatives; Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Director of the Youth Ministry; J Vistro and the YOCOMM Team, and the conference also saw the launch of YOCOMM Nigeria.
"Making an Impact: The Commonwealth in
Parliament and in the Constituencies"
Richard Bourne, Baroness Prashar, Lord Howell of Guildford
Stuart Mole, Andrew Tuggey, Baroness Hayman
Lord Chidgey
The Royal Commonwealth Society and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK branch) jointly hosted a half-day conference on "Making an Impact: The Commonwealth in Parliament and in the Constituencies" on 12 March 2008 at the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, which was also supported by the Commonwealth Association.
INTERNATIONAL MEETING 2008, CYPRUS "CONFLICT, CONQUEST & MIGRATION"
George Vassiliou,
former President of Cyprus and Sir J.K. Andy Chande, KBE. RCS, Tanzania
Stuart Mole, OBE, Director-General
Royal Commonwealth Society, London
Dr Dame Minita Gordon,GCVO,GCMG Former Governor Genaral of Belize
Nkabom delegates at the excursion
YoComm at "An Audience With Bill Gates"
In January 2008, YOCOMM delegates attended an audience with Bill Gates at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London as part of the “World Leader Lunch” series of the IOD. The YoComm team had the opportunity of interacting with Bill Gates and learning from his vision of the ‘Second Digital Decade’ and ICT innovations that are creating a “New World of Work”, Bill Gates also announced the UK launch of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, and demonstrated the new software to the participants.
Our Commonwealth 4 Poster Set
Discussion & Activity Ideas
31 year-old Shilpa Shetty, one of the five speakers on the occasion of Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey on also interacted with YOCOMM delegates at the RCS
Seventh Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting
The Seventh Meeting of Commonwealth Youth Ministers (7CYMM) was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 27 – 30 April 2008, under the theme of “Youth and Peace-Building” The Meeting was preceded by meetings of the Pan-Commonwealth Regional Advisory Board and the Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus on 24 April. A Pan-Commonwealth workshop on "CYMM- Taking the Agenda forward" was organised by the Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit, YOCOMM, and RCS, with participation by delegates from the Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus, Commonwealth Secretariat, RCS, CPSU, Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council, and YOCOMM delegates.
Commonwealth Youth Forum - Malta 2005
YoComm team proudly presented the YoVoice Questionnaire statistics to Youth delegates from different Commonwealth countries at the 2006 Commonwealth Youth Forum in Malta.
The Golden Tapestry Project
The Golden Tapestry is a project for primary and special schools across the Common-wealth. Hundreds of thousands of children are contributing their own ideas and portraying their own lives and experiences in a unique collaborative artwork that is being exhibited around the world...
As part of the programmes marking the celebration of the Commonwealth Day which falls on the second Monday of every March, the Commonwealth debates were organised to create awareness of the Commonwealth through a healthy, competitive and fun mode among institutions.
