Patricia Scotland

Commonwealth SG welcomes Forum Leaders call for assistance in Samoa

She held wide ranging talks on Commonwealth initiatives and outlined preparations for the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London in April 2018.

The SG welcomed the call by Pacific Islands Forum leaders for the international community to urgently consider assistance in the wake of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean.

Forum Leaders recalled the impact of recent cyclones in the Pacific and the significant destruction to the infrastructure and economies of small states, in their communique issued this week.