The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in the week of 21 June 2021 in Kigali.

The President of Rwanda, HE Paul Kagame, and Commonwealth Secretary-General, The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland, have announced the new date for CHOGM, which was postponed because of the impact of COVID-19.

CHOGM is customarily held every two years and is the Commonwealth’s highest consultative and policy-making gathering. Commonwealth leaders selected Rwanda as host for their next summit when they met in London in 2018.

President Kagame said:

“CHOGM Rwanda 2021 will be an exceptional occasion to deliberate together on the enormous technological, ecological, and economic challenges and opportunities facing the Commonwealth, particularly our young people, and which are all the more pressing as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Rwanda looks forward to welcoming all delegates and participants to Kigali next year for a safe and productive meeting.”

The Secretary-General said:

“At this historic CHOGM, the first to be held in Africa for over a decade, we look forward to Commonwealth leaders coming together to take practical action on the critical issues we all face.

“Our meetings in Rwanda will give us a real opportunity to focus on our post COVID recovery, but we also know that the pandemic has not reduced the urgency with which global challenges such as climate change, the global economy, trade and sustainable development need to be dealt with decisively through multilateral cooperation and mutual support.”

Learn more about CHOGM on The Commonwealth website.

*Source – Commonwealth Secretariat