The
CMAG, which comprises the foreign ministers of Britain, Canada, Lesotho, Malaysia, Malta, Papua New Guinea, St Lucia, Sri Lanka and Tanzania, is scheduled to meet Thursday morning in Malta to consider the question of Pakistan's membership ahead of a three-day meeting of Commonwealth heads of state and government to be held in Uganda from Friday.
the
CMAG established itself as the Commonwealth's potentially most
The
CMAG methodology monitors satellite transmissions to collect its data, thus limiting its coverage to over-the-air stations rather than cable outlets.
CMAG chairman Zimbabwe Foreign Minister Stan Mudenge, said, '
CMAG decided to immediately recommend to Commonwealth heads of government that Nigeria's suspension from membership of the association be lifted'.
And while I congratulate
CMAG staff for their expert lighting of the exhibition, Im also delighted to announce tonight that exhibitions at
CMAG will soon benefit from even more brilliant lighting.
After the routine business of the Commonwealth--budgets, strategic plans of the Commonwealth Foundation, the Commonwealth of Learning and the Commonwealth youth programme --were handled in the pre-Chogm Foreign Ministers' Meeting, and
CMAG considered an emergency in Maldives following an assassination attempt on the president, leaders assembled on 27 November 2015 for Chogm-proper.
We haven't seen anything like this in the post-Citizens United era," says Elizabeth Wilner, senior VP and head of Kantar's
CMAG.
However,
CMAG and the Commonwealth Secretariat have largely refused to discuss Sri Lanka's human rights situation.
CMAG had therefore "suspended Pakistan forthwith from the Commonwealth pending the restoration of democracy and the rule of law in that country," the organisation's Secretary-General Don McKinnon, told a news conference, reading from a statement.
What will
CMAG say (and do) about Uganda, its chairman for the next two years?
Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced the broader powers, which he says gives the
CMAG the right to deal with a Commonwealth state where political values are deteriorating.
We are delighted to be working with Ace Metrix in this space," said Elizabeth Wilner, vice president of
CMAG.
