{"id":256786,"date":"2025-11-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=256786"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:56:05","slug":"commonwealth-secretary-general-2026-chogm-a-turning-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commonwealth-secretary-general-2026-chogm-a-turning-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Secretary-General: 2026 CHOGM \u2018a turning point\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1581832446\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey says the 2026 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will mark \u201ca turning point\u201d for the 56-nation bloc.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3841755017\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, 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strain\u201d \u2014 from climate change and rising debt to stalled economic growth \u2014 and urged member states to unite around shared values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the Commonwealth\u2019s moment to restore growth and prosperity through trade, investment, skills development and climate action,\u201d she said. \u201cThe world needs what the Commonwealth offers \u2014 a spirit of fraternity that bridges divides.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-3277106266\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 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Speaking at the official launch of the event at Sandals Grande Antigua on Tuesday, Botchwey said the world is facing \u201cextraordinary global strain\u201d \u2014 from climate change and rising debt to stalled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":256787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Commonwealth Secretary-General: 2026 CHOGM \u2018a turning point\u2019 - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commonwealth-secretary-general-2026-chogm-a-turning-point\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commonwealth Secretary-General: 2026 CHOGM \u2018a turning point\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey says the 2026 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will mark \u201ca turning point\u201d for the 56-nation bloc. 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