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CONFIDENTIAL
BRITAIN'S INTEREST IN THE COMMONWEALTH
DSR 11C
The Nature of the Commonwealth
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1. The Commonwealth consists of 43 full members, and/special
members who contribute less and are entitled to all
privileges except attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of
Government (CHGM) meetings. There are four developed
country members UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
with the rest drawn from the developing world.
from countries of considerable importance to us, such as
India and Nigeria, to tiny Pacific and Caribbean islands,
span the political spectrum from the right (Singapore) to the
far left (Grenada, Seychelles). Commonwealth countries
represent all the major regions of the world with the
exceptions of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North
Africa, and they cover a quarter of the world's population.
Their governments, though not always their people, are for
A list of Commonwealth members
the most part Anglophone.
and
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is at Annex 1.
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2. The Commonwealth has no written constitution, though its
members subscribe to the Declaration of Commonwealth
Principles drawn up in 1971, and recognize The Queen as Head
of the Commonwealth, a title which carries no responsibilites
The Queen remains the Head of State of 16 Commonwealth
countries apart from Britain. The London-based Commonwealth
Secretariat (founded in 1965 and consisting of a staff
of about 400 drawn from member countries) prepares major
Commonwealth meetings and services the main Commonwealth
functional aid programmes. The present Secretary-General,
whose second 5 year term expires in 1985, is Sridath
Ramphal from Guyana.
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