2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, also known as CHOGM 2024, will be the 27th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. The meeting is scheduled to be held in Samoa from 21–25 October 2024.
| 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CHOGM | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Samoa |
| Dates | 21–25 October 2024 |
| Cities | Apia |
| Chair | Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Prime Minister of Samoa |
| Follows | CHOGM 2022 |
The theme for the meeting is "One Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Common Wealth" with an aim to strengthen "resilient democratic institutions upholding human rights, democracy, and the rule of law" as well as combatting climate change in particular its impact on small states and island states. The meeting will be the first full Commonwealth summit held since the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 and the first presided over by King Charles III as Head of the Commonwealth. It will also be the first Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in a Pacific Small Island Developing State.
There is expected to be an election for a new Commonwealth Secretary-General as Patricia Scotland indicated in 2022 that she would only serve for two more years.