The 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was held in Apia, Samoa, from October 21 to 27, marking the first time a small Pacific Island nation hosted the event..
The meeting was 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 was also the first Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in a Pacific Small Island Developing State.
The King's trip to the South Pacific, which included a tour of Australia prior to the Commonwealth summit in Samoa, was his first major overseas trip since his cancer diagnosis in early 2024