| 21st Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting | |
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| Host country |  Trinidad and Tobago |
| Dates | 27–29 November 2009 |
| Venue(s) | Hyatt Regency and Conference Centre, Port of Spain |
| Cities | Port of Spain |
| Participants | 49 (of 52 members) |
| Heads of State or Government | 34 |
| Chair | Patrick Manning (Prime Minister) |
| Follows | 2007 |
| Precedes | 2011 |
| Key points | |
The 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the 21st Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, between 27 and 29 November 2009, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Patrick Manning.[1]
The host country of the 2011 meeting was also discussed. It had been slated to be hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, but the renewal of the Sri Lankan civil war, and related allegations of human rights abuses, caused some governments, including those of United Kingdom and Canada,[2][3] to call for a reassessment. This led to the CHOGM being given to Perth, Australia, instead. Sri Lanka was reassigned the CHOGM for CHOGM 2013, and Mauritius was pencilled in as the host of the 2015 CHOGM.[4]
The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) was reconstituted and strengthened. The Heads of Government agreed to expand the offences that it would be able to investigate to all breaches of the Harare Declaration, rather than just the overthrow of democratic governments.
- ^ "Trinidad and Tobago launches 2009 CHOGM logo, website". Commonwealth Secretariat. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
- ^ Webster, Philip (27 November 2009). "Gordon Brown will not back Sri Lanka's bid to host Commonwealth summit". The Times.[dead link]
- ^ Chase, Steven (27 November 2009). "Ottawa opposes Sri Lanka bid to host next Commonwealth summit". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Commonwealth 'did itself some good' at summit". BBC News. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.