Timeline of Commonwealth of Nations History - 2000s

2000s

Year Date Event
2000 1 April New Zealand's Don McKinnon succeeds Chief Emeka Anyaoku as Commonwealth Secretary-General.
6 June The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group partially suspends Fiji from the Commonwealth with immediate effect.
2001 28 September The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that was due to convene on 6 October is cancelled in the aftermath of the 11 September terrorist attacks on the United States.
6 October The seventeenth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was due to convene in Brisbane, Australia.
20 December The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group lifts Fiji's suspension from the Commonwealth, but keeps it on the agenda until the Supreme Court rules on the government's constitutionality.
2002 30 January The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group approves Pervez Musharraf's roadmap for the October general election.
2 March The seventeenth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting convenes in Coolum, Australia. John Howard becomes Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office.
19 March After Commonwealth election observers report that Zimbabwe's presidential election was rife with fraud and intimidation, the troika, led by John Howard, announces Zimbabwe's immediate suspension from the Commonwealth.
25 July The 2002 Commonwealth Games open in Manchester, the United Kingdom.
2003 5 December The eighteenth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting convenes in Abuja, Nigeria. Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office.
New Zealand's Don McKinnon is re-elected as Commonwealth Secretary-General in a surprise competitive election by forty votes to eleven against Sri Lanka's Lakshman Kadirgamar.
7 December Robert Mugabe personally announces Zimbabwe's immediate withdrawal from the Commonwealth, in wake of his failure to have his country's suspension lifted.
8 December At the conclusion of the eighteenth CHOGM, the assembled Commonwealth Heads of Government issue the Aso Rock Declaration, reaffirming the Commonwealth's commitment to the Harare Declaration.
2004 1 April Don McKinnon begins his second term as Commonwealth Secretary-General.
22 May The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group lifts Pakistan's suspension from the Commonwealth with immediate effect.
2005 7 April The International Organisations Act 2005 is passed in the United Kingdom, amending the Commonwealth Secretariat Act 1966.
25 November The nineteenth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting convenes in Valletta, Malta. Lawrence Gonzi becomes Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office.
2006 15 March The 2006 Commonwealth Games open in Melbourne, Australia.
8 December The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group suspends Fiji from the Commonwealth with immediate effect.
2007 24 October The Committee on Commonwealth Membership makes recommendations on changes to the membership criteria of the Commonwealth.
22 November The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group suspends Pakistan from the Commonwealth with immediate effect.
23 November The twentieth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting convenes in Kampala, Uganda. Yoweri Museveni becomes Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office.
2008 1 April India's Kamalesh Sharma succeeds Don McKinnon as Commonwealth Secretary-General.
22 May The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group lifts Pakistan's suspension from the Commonwealth with immediate effect.
2009 1 September Fiji's suspension is increased to a full suspension, following a failure to commit to the restoration of electoral government by 2010.
27 November The twenty-first Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting convenes in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Patrick Manning becomes Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office.
2010 26 May Kamla Persad-Bissessar becomes Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and thus succeeds Patrick Manning as Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office.
3 October The 2010 Commonwealth Games open in Delhi, India.
2011 28 October The twenty-second Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting convenes in Perth, Australia. Julia Gillard becomes Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office. Perth Agreement.

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