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	Government of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy, a federation and a parliamentary democracy.
		The federal nature of the Commonwealth and the structure of the Parliament of Australia was the subject of protracted negotiations among the colonies during the drafting of the Constitution.
		The term "head of state" is not used in the Australian Constitution as it dates from 1900, when the phrase was not used for Monarchs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_of_Australia (2445 words)

	Commonwealth Secretariat - 1997 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: The Edinburgh Communiqué (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Heads of Government reaffirmed their commitment to the fundamental values of the Commonwealth, as set out in the Harare Commonwealth Declaration of 1991 and emphasised that democracy, good governance, sustainable development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms were interdependent and mutually reinforcing.
		Heads of Government observed that the continued existence of a military government in Nigeria was a prime source of Commonwealth concern.
		Heads of Government strongly condemned the military coup in Sierra Leone in May 1997, which resulted in the unconstitutional overthrow of its democratically-elected government, and called for the immediate reinstatement of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, whom they welcomed to their Meeting.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /document/34293/35232/37061/chogm97communique.htm (2112 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		The Commonwealth is the successor of the British Empire and has its origins in the Imperial Conferences of the late 1920s (conferences of British and colonial prime ministers had occurred periodically since 1887), where the independence of the self-governing colonies and dominions was recognised, and eventually formalised by the Statute of Westminster 1931.
		The Commonwealth has often been likened to an English gentlemen's club, and it is sometimes noted that the issue of membership—who is and who isn't a member of the organisation—often seems to be more important, and certainly attracts much more attention, than what the organisation actually does.
		Commonwealth countries accorded each others' goods privileged access to their markets ("Commonwealth Preference"), and there was a free or preferred right of migration from one Commonwealth country to another.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Commonwealth_of_Nations (2158 words)

	Prime Minister reports back on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
		Heads of Government agreed on the need to accelerate progress to meet the Millennium Development Goals, which aim to halve the proportion of people living in poverty by 2015.
		Heads will revisit the issue in the light of that report, and take any decision on the lifting of the suspension by consensus.
		At this Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting a group of more than fifty countries came together to discuss the issues that matter most to their peoples - prosperity, security, sustainable development, the fight against terror - and agreed a common approach on all, in the interests of all.
	www.pm.gov.uk /output/Page4961.asp (1218 words)

	Commonwealth Institute - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Commonwealth Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Situated in London, it was founded 1887 as the Imperial Institute to celebrate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee; it was renamed 1958 and moved to its present site in Kensington in 1962.
		Commonwealth Law Reports (Australian's High Court law reporter)
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Commonwealth+Institute (126 words)

	Africa's Economic Morass--Will a Common Currency Help? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		What is less well understood is that a common currency may be the symbol of weakness, not strength—as was the case for the ruble in the dying days of the Soviet Union and at the time of the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
		The Commonwealth of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), a group of countries that cuts across two geographical regions, also is developing a monetary union project, and three of its members—Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda—plan to revive the East African Community that dissolved in the decade following independence.
		Signals from heads of state are thus far not promising.
	www.brookings.edu /comm/policybriefs/pb121.htm (2811 words)

	Commonwealth Games - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Commonwealth Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Multisport gathering of competitors from British Commonwealth countries, held every four years.
		It has been held in Britain on five occasions: London in 1934, Cardiff in 1958, Edinburgh in 1970 and 1986, and Manchester in 2002.
		Commonwealth Department of Primary Industries and Energy (Australia)
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Commonwealth+Games (129 words)

	Nieuwsselectie: Buitenland
		Anderen roemen het Commonwealth daarentegen als een 'succesverhaal'.
		In 'Reinventing the Commonwealth' stellen Kate Ford en Sunder Katwala onder meer voor om de naast de Britse koningin of koning, die formeel ook aan het hoofd staat van het Gemenebest, een roulerende president te zetten in plaats van de huidige 'zwakke' secretaris-generaal.
		De Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) heet de vierdaagse vergadering die vanmorgen aan de subtropische zuidoostkust van Zuid- Afrika is begonnen.
	www.nrc.nl /W2/Nieuws/1999/11/12/Vp/06.html (1500 words)

	Blair points the way to international role in the millennium
		TONY Blair sought to chart a new direction for the Commonwealth yesterday as a significant international force for the 21st Century in which Britain would play a leading role.
		The Prime Minister opened the first Commonwealth summit to be held in Britain for 20 years with a passionate plea for the 50-year-old institution to modernise itself to cope with the demands of a changing world.
		The 51 heads of government were clearly taken aback as they were subjected to a polished audio-visual presentation that reflected the techniques developed by Labour for the general election campaign.
	telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/10/25/ncom25.html (861 words)

	Welcome to Commonwealth Police Watch E-magazine
		Late next year, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting will take place in Kampala, bringing the world's attention to Uganda, East Africa and the wider African region.
		CHOGM is a chance for government heads to direct the policy of the Commonwealth for the following two years.
		The meeting is one of the first opportunities to guide and direct Commonwealth policy over the next few years, as well as influencing the heads of government meeting.
	commonwealthpolicewatch.org /index.htm (938 words)

	Prime Minister's Speeches - 2002 - Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Australia
		It was an opportunity for us all to reflect on her remarkable contribution to the Commonwealth over the past 50 years.
		Commonwealth Heads of Government also adopted the Report of the High Level Review Group established at the previous Heads of Government meeting in Durban in 1999.
		Heads also established a High Level Expert Group to report on globalisation to the 2003 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Nigeria.
	www.pm.gov.uk /output/Page1703.asp (1355 words)

	Letter to President Obasanjo on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Human Rights Watch, November 27, 2003)
		Human Rights Watch is also appealing to the Commonwealth Heads of Government to use its meetings with you to press for an end to impunity and for institutional human rights reforms in Nigeria.
		Commonwealth members should also ensure both countries are not re-elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights unless substantial progress is made (Pakistan will need to seek re-election in 2004 and Zimbabwe in 2005).
		Commonwealth countries, given their commitment to promote human rights, are in a position to help focus the debate on what governments can do to halt and prevent the misuse of small arms.
	hrw.org /press/2003/11/nigeria-ltr112703.htm (2619 words)

	Blair points the way to international role in the millennium
		TONY Blair sought to chart a new direction for the Commonwealth yesterday as a significant international force for the 21st Century in which Britain would play a leading role.
		The Prime Minister opened the first Commonwealth summit to be held in Britain for 20 years with a passionate plea for the 50-year-old institution to modernise itself to cope with the demands of a changing world.
		The 51 heads of government were clearly taken aback as they were subjected to a polished audio-visual presentation that reflected the techniques developed by Labour for the general election campaign.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/10/25/ncom25.html (849 words)

	Family Worship in Puritan New England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Puritans viewed the male head of the household as the one Biblically responsible for commanding and instructing the family in the way of the Lord.
		The Puritan emphasis on the spiritual leadership of the male head of the family was an important factor in the celebrated "Antinomian controversy" concerning Anne Hutchinson.
		The fact that this case became a civil matter, resulting in her exile from the colony, illustrates the New England Puritan view that heads of families who were magistrates were held accountable by God for doing everything in their power to secure the obedience of the citizenry to God’s law.
	members.aol.com /kptacek/fwpne.html (1125 words)

	allAfrica.com: Uganda: 'Commonwealth Heads Meet Not Relocated' (Page 1 of 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		THE Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), scheduled to take place in Kampala in November, has not been relocated, both the Government and the Commonwealth Secretariat have said.
		"Reports of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November being moved from Kampala are incorrect," conference secretary Matthew Neuhaus said in a statement yesterday.
		Queen Elizabeth 11, the titular head of the Commonwealth, is set to travel to Uganda with her husband, Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, as well as her oldest son, Charles, the Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.
	allafrica.com /stories/200704261048.html (607 words)

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		This head of mischief, perhaps, is no more than what may seem included under the former.
		The business of history is to represent the Law in the state it has been in, in past periods of its existence: the business of simple demonstration in the sense in which I will take leave to use the word, is to represent the Law in the state it is in for the time being.
		Under the head of `Trial by jury', are some very just and interesting remarks on the yet-remaining imperfections of that mode of trial:
	socserv2.mcmaster.ca /~econ/ugcm/3ll3/bentham/government.html (17671 words)

	Head of State Update
		Brown is made head of the Labor Party Blair will formally step down as Prime Minister, and Queen Elizabeth II will in turn appoint Brown as the new PM, in accordance with British parliamentary practice.
		The Commonwealth of the Bahamas had an election on Wednesday and their new Prime Minister was sworn in on Friday.
		Nine of the states are monarchies, with a sultan as head of state, while the other four are republics, with a governor.
	headofstateupdate.blogspot.com (4982 words)

	March 2002. Lateline. Australian Broadcasting Corp.
		In fact, a record 12 Arab heads of state are avoiding the summit in Beirut, leaving the remaining 10 leaders to discuss a Saudi peace plan for the Middle East.
		Commonwealth observers will monitor the poll and produce a written report before any action is taken.
		Commonwealth leaders gathering on Queensland's Sunshine Coast remain divided over whether to suspend Zimbabwe from the organisation.
	www.abc.com.au /lateline/archives/LatelineMonthIndex2002_March2002.htm (4201 words)

	INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT - UK/CARIBBEAN FORUM 2000 - Belize - Guatemala Relations
		He highlighted the economic importance to CARICOM of the Small States Initiative launched by Commonwealth Heads of Government, and lamented the failure of the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Seattle to address the issues of development with equity and social justice.
		He noted that the unprecedented wealth created by globalisation had resulted in impressive economic growth in the North, including the United Kingdom, and stressed that this could not be sustained alongside increasing poverty and marginalisation of the threequarters of the world's population in the South.
		In this regard the Forum commended the Report of the Commonwealth Secretariat and World Bank on the challenges faced by small states, given their specific vulnerabilities and the recommendation that special consideration be given to them.
	www.belize-guatemala.gov.bz /support/uk_carib_forum.html (2952 words)

	In Theory: Is One World Government Possible? \| TDG - Science, Magick, Myth and History
		World goverment is certainly possible from a technical point of view: we have the means to make a global bureaucracy.
		Goverments are basically useful for law enforcement, and for large scale cooperation.
		One world Goverment is a total bollocks concept, its the megalomaniac dream of multinationals trying to save money on their bribes budget.
	www.dailygrail.com /node/1637 (4370 words)

	Commonwealth People's Forum - Inter Press Service The Global News Agency
		ABUJA - The bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting got underway in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Friday with traditional dances and a parade of flags from the group's 54 member states.
		ABUJA - The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting beginning in the Nigerian capital this week is committed to promoting development and democracy - both in heavy deficit among member countries.
		The event, with the theme 'Citizens and Governance', is being held parallel to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CHOGM.
	www.ipsnews.net /focus/tv_abuja/ips_news.asp (647 words)

	Commonwealth seeks to play big role on the global stage
		The Commonwealth traces its roots back to 1867, when Canada became the first British colony to be transformed into a self-governing 'Dominion', its new status implying some form of equality with Britain.
		The Commonwealth's modern form has been shaped by two significant events: 'The Singapore Declaration of Commonwealth Principles' of 1971, which gave the association a formal code of ethics; and the Harare Commonwealth Declaration of 1991, which set the associations priorities and emphasised the organization's focus on democracy, human rights and equality.
		The queen, who acts as the Commonwealth's head, paid tribute to the way in which member states helped each other during a series of recent disasters - including the tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia to the earthquake that brought destruction to Pakistan.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /uk/article_1064564.php/Commonwealth_seeks_to_play_big_role_on_the_global_stage (976 words)

	Vanguard Online Edition : Report on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting due on Feb 15
		ABUJA—The final reports of the N3 billion naira Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) hosted by Nigeria to wrap up the nation’s activities among the comity of democratized nations last year would be ready before the middle of February.
		When the President stopped-over at the Commonwealth Secretariat on his way back home from the World Trade Conference, references were still being made to the success of the Abuja CHOGM,” the impeccable source maintained.
		When probed further on the funding of the meeting, the source stressed that funding of any Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is always handled by the host nation.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/north/nt202022004.html (510 words)

	John Howard's Address At The Opening Ceremony Of CHOGM 2002 [March 2, 2002]
		This is the transcript of the speech given by the Prime Minister, John Howard, at the opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Goverment Meeting in Coolum, Queensland.
		Particularly do we, your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, honour and salute the presence of the head of the Commonwealth Her Majesty the Queen.
		We are honoured to be the host nation of the first Commonwealth meeting in the 21st century and we hope that all of you will take away very happy memories of Australia 2002.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2002/03/02-03-02.shtml (433 words)

	Printable version: OBASANJO THRILLED AT CHOGHM GOLF. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The President of the Federal Reupblic of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, was indeed thrilled at the way visiting Head of Commonwealth government were left overwhelmed by the very sight of the IBB International and Golf Country Club in Abuja.
		The course set among sprawling hills and raw leafy shrubs was the centre of attraction while the Commonwealth Head of Government Meeting [CHOGM] lasted in Abuja.
		Besides golf, the heads of goverment could not help but hold a one day resort at the amazingly set course.
	www.nigeriasports.com /articles/print/278 (230 words)

	Communiqué of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Review Meeting
		We are agreed that one element of such action must be the adoption of further measures designed to impress on the authorities in Pretoria the compelling urgency of dismantling apartheid and erecting the structures of democracy in South Africa.
		We renew the call we made at Nassau on the authorities in Pretoria to initiate, in the context of a suspension of violence on all sides, a process of dialogue across lines of colour, politics and religion with a view to establishing a non-racial and representative government in a united and non-fragmented South Africa.
		We believe the Commonwealth must retain its capacity to help to advance the objectives of the Nassau Accord and be ready to use all the means at its disposal to do so.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/commonwealth/communique.html (1466 words)

	November 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: Is Uganda Prepared?
		Mugisha says that if the government fails to implement such reforms, the heads of states and government leaders should consider withdrawing their attendance or significantly lowering their representation so that they do not lend credence to the government.
		Both the FDC (after failing to stop the meeting) and the Democratic Party say they will organize their supporters to demonstrate to the whole world that things are not well in Uganda.
		As things stand now, the government is doing all it can to host the Commonwealth meeting, but a lot of challenges stand in their way.
	ugpulse.com /articles/daily/homepage.asp?ID=397 (1254 words)

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