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Vorderseite The Commonwealth of Nations
Rückseite Consists of former British colonies -> same language
52 members, 2.5 Billion Citizens
voluntary association
they share the same values -> cultural contact
Head: Queen Elizabeth
Increased trade among the countries
Commonwealth Games
Emerged from the Dominions (Canada)
Constituted 1949 by the London Declaration
biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Shared values (written in the Commonwealth Charter (2012)):
Democracy
Free Spech 
Human Rights
Rule of law
1971 Singapore Declaration, the C. is commited to:
World Peace
Promotion of representative democracy and individiual liberty
equality and opposition to racism
fight against poverty, ignorance and disease

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