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Abstract

The Commonwealth is afree association of sovereign independent states. It numbered 53 members in 2006. With a membership of 1•7bn. people, it represents over 30% of the world’s population. There is no charter, treaty or constitution; the association is expressed in co-operation, consultation and mutual assistance for which the Commonwealth Secretariat is the central co-ordinating body.

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  1. Barry Turner
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Turner, B. (2007). Commonwealth. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2008. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-74024-6_30

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