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DSR 11C
4.
The
and
(i)
activities of the Commonwealth are wide ranging
include:
Ministerial meetings, including biennial Commonwealth
Heads of Government meeting (CHGM), the Annual
Finance Ministers meeting held just before the meetings
of the IMF and the World Bank, and triennial meetings
on health education, law and agriculture.
(ii)
Many official meetings, notably the biennial senior
officials meeting.
(iii)
Meetings and exchanges between many official groups and
bodies, notably the Commonwealth Foundation, which
encourages a wide range of professional contacts.
(iv)
(v)
Aid programmes, including the Commonwealth Fund
for Technical Co-operation (CFTC), the Commonwealth
Youth Programme (CYP), and the Commonwealth Science
Council (CSC).
Many unofficial professional, artistic and sporting
activities, such as those under the aegis of the
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the
Royal Commonwealth Society.
A fuller list of the main activities is at Annex 3
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