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| | BBC NEWS World Europe Country profiles Profile: The Commonwealth |
 | | He is elected by heads of government from among Commonwealth diplomats and foreign ministers for a maximum of two four-year terms. | | | The secretary-general acts as the chief executive of the Commonwealth. | | | Committed to racial equality and national sovereignty, it was the focus of the campaign against apartheid in the 1980s. |
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| | For most people the Commonwealth is a blur.” An article in Currents by Kim Campbell, after her short stint as Prime Minister of Canada in 1984 and after the Commonwealth Games had taken place in her own province of British Columbia, bears this out. | | | She subscribed to the Lusaka Declaration on Racism and Racial Prejudice, and the summit led to an all-party conference in London, the Lancaster House constitution and the 1980 elections, nimbly monitored by a strong Commonwealth observer team. | | | When Singapore was expelled from the Malaysian federation in August 1965 and applied for separate membership, a British official in its Commonwealth Relations Office suggested to Smith that he leave the matter to the British since it was “political” and verged on “executive action”. |
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| | History of the Commonwealth |
| | First, leaders adopted the Singapore Declaration of Commonwealth Principles which gave the association a formal code of ethics, and committed members to improving human rights and seeking racial and economic justice. | | | In 1990, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, a senior diplomat from Nigeria, became the third and current office holder. | | | The first Commonwealth Secretary-General was Arnold Smith, a former Canadian diplomat. |
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http://www.chogm99.org/what/history1.htm
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| | Commonwealth -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | also called Commonwealth of Nations, formerly (1931–49) British Commonwealth of Nations a free association of sovereign states comprising the United Kingdom and a number of its former dependencies who have chosen to maintain ties of friendship and practical cooperation and who acknowledge the British monarch as symbolic head of their association. | | | The last of the British associated states in the Commonwealth, Saint Kitts and Nevis gained full independence in 1983. | | | The Maldives became a special member of the Commonwealth in 1982. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9024980
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| | Commonwealth Secretariat Third Country Training Programme on "Enhancing Budgetary Outcomes : Adopt Best Practices in Commonwealth Countries" to be held at Civil Service College, Singapore, from 30 May to 10 June, 2005 | | | Commonwealth Third Country Training Programme on 'Lawyers and Government - Managing Change' - Two-week Study Programme, from 07 - 18 March, 2005 in the United Kingdom (London and Scotland) | | | Commonwealth Secretariat Third Country Training Programme on "Commonwealth Executive Programme in Public Management" to be held at Schlich Executive Centre (SEEC), York University, Toronto, Canada, from 30 May to 10 June, 2005 |
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http://finmin.nic.in/info_central_govt_employees/training_programmes/CommonwealthSecretariatShortTerm.html
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| | The Commonwealth Secretariat |
| | This approach was followed by his successor, Shridath Ramphal, a former Foreign Minister of Guyana. | | | The third Secretary-General, Emeka Anyaoku of Nigeria, presided over the Commonwealth's reaffirmation of its commitment to its fundamental political values in both the Harare Declaration of 1991 and later in the Millbrook Action Program of 1995. |
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http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/commonwealth/imoc304-en.asp
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| | AllRefer.com - Commonwealth of Nations (International Organizations) - Encyclopedia |
| | Commonwealth of Nations, voluntary association of Great Britain and its dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the associated states (states with full internal government but whose external relations are governed by Britain). | | | Periodically there are meetings of Commonwealth heads of government, but no collective decision made at these meetings is considered binding. | | | In 1965 a Commonwealth secretariat was established, with headquarters in London. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/C/CommonweNa.html
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| | Stylus - Commonwealth Secretariat |
| | 1999 Meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers and Senior Officials Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 3-7 May 1999 | | | 2002 Meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers & Senior Officials Kingstown, St Vincent & Grenadines, 18-21 Nov 2002 | | | A Practical Guide to Prosecuting ICC Crimes in Commonwealth States |
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| | Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka by Charles Gunawardena |
| | He later served on the Secretariat of the South Commission, based in Geneva, and in the London office of the Commission on Global Governance. | | | Between 1959 and 1972 he worked in information and press relations for the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, both at the Ministry in Colombo and in diplomatic postings in London and New Delhi. | | | Charles Gunawardena was the Director of Information at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London from 1979 to 1987. |
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http://www.srilanka-encyclopedia.com
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| | Press Conference, Commonwealth Secretariat, London - |
| | All organisations act according to certain principles and there was a set of principles called the Harare Declaration. | | | There is a tradition Prime Minister of the Commonwealth making decisions by consensus. | | | It’s only in my hands or the shared hands of myself and the President of South Africa and the President of Nigeria by virtue of the authority we were given by the last full meeting. |
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| | As a political and social issue the matter leaped into prominence with the Commonwealth Immigration Act (March 1, 1968), which had been prompted by the action of the Kenya Government in refusing work permits to non-citizen Asian residents, who, possessing British passports, had then moved to Britain in large numbers. | | | : The Commonwealth Secretary-General, who has access to heads of Government and is responsible for the organization of their meetings, maintains close contacts with member countries and is the head of the Commonwealth Secretariat. | | | Arnold Smith, of Canada, became the first Secretary-General in 1965, when the Secretariat was established, and was re-appointed for a further five-year term in 1970. |
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http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~jfair/page80.html
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| | Commonwealth Small States : Home Page |
| | The 2005 Small States Forum was held on 24 September at the World Bank, Washington DC. | | | Commonwealth Finance Ministers discussed small states issues at their meeting in Barbados, 18 to 20 September 2005. | | | Twenty-five experts from Commonwealth countries and international/regional organisations participated in a workshop on Building the Economic Resilience of Small States, held at the University Gozo Centre, Malta, between 7 and 9 March 2005. |
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| | WTO NEWS - First edition of the Commonwealth Secretariat WTO's Familiarization Programme - Press 262 |
| | Ransford Smith, Ambassador of Jamaica and Chairman of the Group of Commonwealth Developing Countries, held a ceremony to which they invited Ambassadors, delegates, representatives from IGOs and members of the WTO Secretariat. | | | This Programme has been organized jointly by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the WTO Training Institute. | | | This Programme which started on 3 December and ended on 14 December 2001 is the first of its kind. |
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http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres01_e/pr262_e.htm
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| | CHRI: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative |
| | Overall, the HRU's work is in the promotion of human rights as it has no enforcement or investigative role. | | | Examples include the Commonwealth Law Digest which provides information on decisions related to interpreting international human rights standards in national courts for the reference of those in other countries who are interpreting similar provisions. | | | The HRU has a small budget and resources and was previously a unit of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division. |
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| | Throughout his first four-year term of office the newly re-elected Commonwealth Secretary-General, Don McKinnon of New Zealand, has targetted the young. | | | Youth was to the fore in many of the decisions of this, the People’s Commonwealth. | | | This, after all, is a Commonwealth in which half its citizens – that is 900 million people - are under 30. |
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http://www.spc.org.nc/youth/leadership_zone/ingram_commyouth.htm
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| | Marlborough House 360° Virtual Tour |
| | The house was extensively renovated by the British Government between 1989 and 1993. | | | Today, Marlborough House is home to the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Foundation, and has been the venue for a number of independence negotiations and many Commonwealth conferences, including summit meetings of Commonwealth Heads of Government. | | | Read more about the History of Marlborough House. |
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| | Commonwealth Secretariat / IP Worldwide / Links / Intellectual property / S&T Issues in Perspective / Dossiers / ... |
| | The Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat facilitates cooperation among member countries in the areas of constitutional law, transnational crime, human rights, trade law and other emerging areas of law. | | | This book identifies the influence of existing policies on trade, foreign direct investment and IPRs in facilitating international technology transfer. | | | See: International Technology Transfer to Developing Countries, Ed. |
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| | COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT |
| | Given the Governments’ emphasis on sustainable reconstruction practices, it is of critical importance that the position of the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) be filled. | | | The Commonwealth Secretariat has agreed to provide the services of a CTO in the Ministry of Works for a period of 24 months. | | | Providing strategic and technical directions to technical staff in the MOW; |
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| | History of the Commonwealth |
| | The Commonwealth Secretariat is the principal organisation of the Commonwealth. | | | Biography of the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku | | | The Commonwealth Secretariat is headed by the Commonwealth Secretary-General. |
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| | Commonwealth Secretariat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Commonwealth Secretariat is the central body of the Commonwealth of Nations, which implements the decisions taken by the association's 54 member governments and organises meetings of Commonwealth ministers. | | | It is headed by a Commonwealth Secretary-General chosen by the Heads of Government for terms of five years, currently (since 2000) former New Zealand foreign minister Rt.Hon. | | | The Secretariat was established by Heads of Government in 1965, taking over many of the functions of the United Kingdom Government's Commonwealth Relations Office. |
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| | Alibris: Commonwealth Secretariat |
| | This project on citizenship education in the Commonwealth, the Citizenship Education and Small States series, is one of the follow-up activities being undertaken by the Commonwealth Secretariat in response to a mandate from Commonwealth Heads of Government and Ministers of Education. | | | There is a rich history of case law within the Commonwealth where there have been legal challenges to unconstitutional overthrow of Governments. | | | The courts as well as the Commonwealth have recently adopted the position of refusing to recognize the legality of such changes. |
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| | The Commonwealth - The Commonwealth of Learning |
| | The Commonwealth Secretary-General, appointed by member Governments, is His Excellency, the Rt. | | | The Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit is a think-tank for the 53-nation Commonwealth based at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. | | | The Commonwealth Business Council was established by the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October 1997 to involve the private sector in the promotion of trade and investment. |
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| | The following outlines assistance available through the Commonwealth Secretariat set out in accordance with the design ... |
| | The Secretariat has expertise on mutual legal assistance laws and practice and other law enforcement issues and disseminates information on developments in the criminal law and international cooperation in criminal matters by way of its publications – Criminal Legal Assistance News (CLAN) and Crimewatch. | | | The Secretariat has expertise on extradition laws and practice and disseminates information by way of its publication – Criminal Legal Assistance News (CLAN). | | | The Secretariat has model legislation on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and maintains a database of Commonwealth legislation in this subject area. |
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| | CW Secretariat |
| | ComSec is the principal organisation of the Commonwealth implementing the decisions taken by the 53 member governments. | | | It was established by Heads of Government in 1965 and is located at Marlborough House in London. |
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| | From the Commonwealth’s side, the final version of the report of the Task Force will be presented to the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting in the Cayman Islands in September and to the Durban meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Group on Small States and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November. | | | The meeting raised the issue of the definition of small states. | | | In his presentation, Dr Karunasekera, Commonwealth Secretariat, said that the Task Force emerged from the discussions of Commonwealth Heads of Government on small states issues at their Edinburgh summit meeting in 1997. |
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| | The Commonwealth is a multilateral organization which grew out of a shared background, language and a respect of common values such as equality, democracy and rule of law. | | | Today, the Commonwealth consists of 54 countries working together on many different issues, such as the promotion of democracy, good governance and human rights, at the governmental and non-governmental level. |
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| | Report - Commonwealth Secretariat |
| | The biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is the pre-eminent mechanism for Commonwealth intergovernmental co-operation and consultation. | | | More than half of the Commonwealth's members are small states, the majority of whom are small island developing countries. | | | Almost two-thirds of the Secretariat's technical assistance is directed to small member states, the majority of whom are small island developing states (SIDS). |
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| | DGCD - Thèmes - Gender |
| | In 1996, at the Fifth Meeting of Commonwealth Ministers Responsible for Women’s Affairs, gender responsive budgeting was for the first time included on the agenda of an intergovernmental meeting. | | | The Commonwealth Secretariat articulates a principal role for governments in this programme, based on two key factors: | | | The involvement of Commonwealth countries in gender responsive budgeting is both long and substantial: it began with Australia in 1984 and spread to Canada and South Africa in 1993 and 1994, respectively. |
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| | The celebration of Commonwealth Day entails no uniform manner of observance of Commonwealth Day upon member countries, it being left to each country to mark that day as it considers suitable. | | | In 1973 the National Council in Canada of the Royal Commonwealth Society in a letter to Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau suggested that the idea of Commonwealth Day to be observed simultaneously throughout the Commonwealth be included on the agenda for the Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Ottawa that year. | | | At that time the heads of Government agreed that the Commonwealth Secretariat be asked to select a date for such an observance that would not have any untoward historical connotations. |
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| | BBC NEWS World Africa Commonwealth ship idea ridiculed |
| | The former Commonwealth head has been sharply criticised for suggesting that children should help raise funds for the organisation to have its own ship. | | | And if any children voice their opposition to the plan or refuse to donate, Chief Anyaoku should run them down with his limousine and then claim diplomatic immunity. | | | Chief Emeka Anyaoku has launched an appeal to raise some $180m to build "a flagship for the Commonwealth". |
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| | HM Queen Elizabeth ll is the Head of the Commonwealth and is recognised as the 'symbol of their free association' by members of the association. | | | The Commonwealth Secretariat is the executive headquarters of the Commonwealth, a unique family of 54 developed and developing nations, working together in the common interests of their peoples. | | | The Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5HX |
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| | 95-03-10: Statement by Commonwealth Secretariat, HE Chief Emeka Anyaoku (EN) |
| | 95-03-10: Statement by Commonwealth Secretariat, HE Chief Emeka Anyaoku (EN) | | | AS WRITTEN THE WORLD SUMMIT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Copenhagen, 10 March 1995 Statement by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku Mr President This World Summit convened to address the issues of poverty, unemployment and social exclusion is, as many speakers before me have emphasised, timely. | | | Mr President No grouping of countries can have a greater interest in the success of this Summit than the Commonwealth. |
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| | Civil Society Prepares for ‘Civil War’ |
| | The event, with the theme 'Citizens and Governance', is being held parallel to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CHOGM. | | | Information about the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CHOGM | | | From 1 to 7 December 2003, civil society from Commonwealth nations are meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, for the Commonwealth People's Forum. |
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| | CASBAH: Commonwealth Secretariat: Senior Officials Meeting |
| | Administrative/Biographical history: The Commonwealth Secretariat was established in June 1965 by a decision of the 1964 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. | | | The Secretariat was designed to assist internal co-operation between member states and was never intended to have executive powers. | | | Prior to this date intra-Commonwealth affairs had been administered by British Civil Servants. |
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| | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations and Commonwealth Division - New Zealand Contributions to ... |
| | In the 2005/06 year, New Zealand is the fifth largest contributor to the Commonwealth Secretariat budget by volume. | | | The Commonwealth Secretariat (established in 1965) is the group’s main inter-governmental agency, facilitating consultation and cooperation among member governments and countries. | | | We also contribute voluntarily to a number of other Commonwealth organisations including the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation, Commonwealth of Learning (distance education), Commonwealth Youth Programme, Commonwealth Trade and Investment Access Facility, and Small States Office in New York. |
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| | Media Rights Monitor - 2001 |
| | The Commonwealth Secretariat’s appointment last month of a Civil Society Liaison Officer, charged with finding more opportunities for the Commonwealth to interact with civil society is the latest move in the process. | | | The Commonwealth Secretariat has appointed a Civil Society Liaison Officer in an effort to build closer Commonwealth “family” links as well as strengthen collaboration between the official Commonwealth and the non-government sector. | | | The position is co-sponsored by the Commonwealth Foundation, the intergovernmental body with a mandate to work with the non-government sector. |
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| | The Commonwealth Secretariat Strategies to Tackle Poverty |
| | It consists of ministers from Commonwealth countries who are concerned with the implementation of the UN-Habitat agenda. | | | The CCGHS, which was given official Commonwealth recognition about three years ago, was formed in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC). | | | The group works through three structures: a Steering Council which includes representation from member governments of the Commonwealth; a Steering Committee comprising various Commonwealth partners (chaired by the Commonwealth Foundation); and COM-Habitat, the implementation arm of the CCGHS. |
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| | CHRI: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative |
| | Police reform is urgently needed in many Commonwealth countries. | | | The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is an independent, non-partisan, international NGO working for the practical realisation of human rights in the countries of the Commonwealth. | | | They highlight violations of human rights in specific Commonwealth countries and contribute to repairing the situation and restoring peace, the rule of law and human rights. |
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| | Law in Cyber Space:0850926580:Commonwealth Secretariat:eCampus.com |
| | Contains the reports of two Commonwealth expert groups considering issues relating to law and information technology. | | | The aim of each group was to identify the essential components of laws needed to deal with technology. |
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| | WIEGO Produces Two Books for Commonwealth Secretariat |
| | This book was launched at a meeting of Finance Ministers from Commonwealth countries in September 2004. | | | Each case study is written by a team of international and national researchers and aims to present decision makers with concrete examples which spread the gains of globalization to poor working women through shifting the balance of access, power, and returns within global value chains. | | | WIEGO Global Markets Director Marilyn Carr also edited a volume for the Commonwealth Secretariat which brings together six case studies which describe how women have been successfully integrated into global markets. |
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| | Report of the Commonwealth Secretariat/World Bank Joint Task Force on Small States. |
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| | Commonwealth Home Page |
| | A legacy from Britain's Imperial past has given the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations a legacy of shared language, and a common legal and political system. | | | The object of the Commonwealth of Nations today is to advance democracy, human rights, and to promote sustainable economic growth and social development within its member states and other countries. | | | Many times in the past through times of trouble the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations have stood together, today they stand together in times of peace. |
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| | Commonwealth - Home |
| | Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon called on Malaysia's Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on 24 October 2005 during a visit to Putrajaya. | | | The Awards programme was agreed by Education Ministers in October 2003 to recognise good practices in member countries. | | | Introducing the Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards 2006 |
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| | Commonwealth Day - 9th March 1998 (Multiple-Choice / Cloze Test 1) | | | Commonwealth Day - 9th March 1998 (Multiple-Choice / Cloze Test 2) | | | Commonwealth Day - 9th March 1998 (Multiple- Choice / Cloze Test 3) |
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| | commonwealth links archive learnenglish |
| | : the Secretariat runs this voluntary association of 54 developed and developing, independent sovereign states now called "The Commonwealth". | | | BBC quick guide to the Commonwealth: overview; facts; leaders; issues; timeline; links. | | | English around the world: English is the common language of the Commonwealth. |
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