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The Commonwealth is a free association of sovereign independent states, numbering 48 at the beginning of 1984. 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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Paxton, J. (1984). Other International Organizations. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271135_3
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