2005 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

Commonwealth of Nations summit May 2022 19th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2005 logo.PNG Malta 25–27 November 2005 Mellieha Valletta 52 (of 53 members) Heads of State or Government 38 Lawrence Gonzi(Prime Minister) 2003 2007 Free trade Membership criteria Migration Pakistan The 2005 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the 19th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in Valletta, Malta, between 25 and 27 November 2005, and hosted by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi. Malta is the smallest country to have hosted a CHOGM, committing the country to a major undertaking.Ingram Derek Derek Ingram (journalist) January 2006 Malta Notebook The Round Table 95 383 35–38 10.1080/00358530500505742 Nonetheless, the event passed smoothly, marked by the visit of both Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth, and the British aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) put much emphasis on the position held by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, and overcame opposition from Pakistan to declare that his holding the two positions of President and Chief of Army Staff were "incompatible with the basic principles of democracy and the spirit of the Harare Commonwealth principles" and that "until the two offices are separated, the process of democratization will not be irreversible". Of note to commentators and the media was the non-discussion of Uganda, where opposition leader Kizza Besigye was arrested days before the CHOGM, and two months before the country's first multiparty elections since Yoweri Museveni took power in 1986. Uganda's capital, Kampala, had been arranged to host the 2007 CHOGM, and the Commonwealth leaders were keenly aware that to hold the CHOGM in a country that was deemed undemocratic would reflect badly on the Commonwealth Secretariat and undermine the Commonwealth's commitment to human rights and good governance. CMAG membership rotated once again, with Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, and the United Kingdom joining it, as the Bahamas, India, Samoa, and Nigeria left. Attendees Country Representative Position Commonwealth of Nations 1976 Elizabeth II Head of the Commonwealth Commonwealth of Nations 1976 Don McKinnon Commonwealth Secretary-General Baldwin Spencer Prime Minister John Howard Prime Minister Perry Christie Prime Minister Morshed Khan Minister of Foreign Affairs Owen Arthur Prime Minister Said Musa Prime Minister Ian Khama Vice President Prince Mohamed Bolkiah Minister of Foreign Affairs Ephraïm Inoni Prime Minister Dan Hays Speaker of the Senate Tassos Papadopoulos President Roosevelt Skerrit Prime Minister Kaliopate Tavola Minister of Foreign Affairs Lamin Kaba Bajo Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs John Kufuor President Keith Mitchell Prime Minister Bharrat Jagdeo President Kamal Nath Minister of Commerce and Industry P. J. Patterson Prime Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere Minister of Foreign Affairs Martin Puta Tofinga Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Cooperatives 1987 Lesao Lehohla Deputy Prime Minister Bingu wa Mutharika President Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Prime Minister Maumoon Abdul Gayoom President Lawrence Gonzi (Chair) Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam Prime Minister Armando Guebuza President Hifikepunye Pohamba President No representative Helen Clark Prime Minister Olusegun Obasanjo President Shaukat Aziz Prime Minister Michael Somare Prime Minister Denzil Douglas Prime Minister Kenny Anthony Prime Minister Cenio Lewis High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi Prime Minister James Michel President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah President Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister Snyder Rini Deputy Prime Minister Thabo Mbeki President Kshenuka Seneviratne High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Themba Dlamini Prime Minister Benjamin Mkapa President Prince ʻAho‘eitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho Prime Minister Patrick Manning Prime Minister Filoimea Telito Governor-General Yoweri Museveni President Tony Blair Prime Minister Sato Kilman Deputy Prime Minister Levy Mwanawasa President Footnotes External links Commonwealth Secretariat webpage on CHOGM 2005 2005 Category:2005 diplomatic conferences Category:Diplomatic conferences in Malta Category:2005 in international relations Category:Malta and the Commonwealth of Nations Category:21st century in Valletta Category:November 2005 in Europe