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    1. Association of Commonwealth Amnesty International Sections (ACAIS)
    2. Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM)
    3. Association of Commonwealth Examination and Accreditation Bodies (ACEAB)
    4. Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS)
    5. Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
    6. British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
    7. Commonwealth Association
    8. Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA)
    9. Commonwealth Association of Indigenous Peoples (CAIP)
    10. Commonwealth Association for Mental Handicap and Developmental Disabilities (CAMHADD)
    11. Commonwealth Association of Museums
    12. Commonwealth Association for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (CAPGAN)
    13. Commonwealth Association of Planners (CAP)
    14. Commonwealth Association of Professional Centres
    15. Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM)
    16. Commonwealth Association of Public Sector Lawyers
    17. Commonwealth Association of Science, Technology and Mathematics Educators (CASTME)
    18. Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE)
    19. Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA)
    20. Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA)
    21. Commonwealth Business Council (CBC)
    22. Commonwealth Centre for Electronic Governance (CCEG)
    23. Commonwealth Consortium for Education (CCfE)
    24. Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM)
    25. Commonwealth Countries’ League (CCL)
    26. Commonwealth Countries’ League Education Fund
    27. Commonwealth Dental Association (CDA)
    28. Commonwealth Engineers Council (CEC)
    29. Commonwealth Education Trust
    30. Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA)
    31. Commonwealth Foundation
    32. Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)
    33. Commonwealth Geographical Bureau (CGB)
    34. Commonwealth Group of Family Planning Associations
    35. Commonwealth Hansard Editors Association
    36. Commonwealth Historians Society
    37. Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (CHEC)
    38. Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
    39. The Commonwealth Jewish Council and Trust
    40. The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA)
    41. Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (CJEI)
    42. Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA)
    43. Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
    44. Commonwealth Legal Advisory Service (CLAS)
    45. Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA)
    46. Commonwealth Library Association (COMLA)
    47. Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF)
    48. Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association (CMJA)
    49. Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA)
    50. Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat)
    51. Commonwealth Network of Information Technology for Development (COMNET-IT)
    52. Commonwealth Nurses Federation
    53. Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work (COSW)
    54. Representative to Commonwealth Institutions (UK)
    55. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)
    56. Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management (CPTM)
    57. Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (CPA)
    58. Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit (CPSU)
    59. Commonwealth Press Union (CPU)
    60. Commonwealth Relations Trust
    61. Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP)
    62. The Commonwealth Society for the Deaf – Sound Seekers
    63. Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO)
    64. Commonwealth Tourism Centre (CTC)
    65. Commonwealth Universities Study Abroad Consortium (CUSAC)
    66. Commonwealth Veterinary Association (CVA)
    67. Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
    68. Commonwealth Women’s Network (CWN)
    69. Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council (CYEC)
    70. Conference of Commonwealth Meteorologists (CCM)
    71. The Council of Commonwealth Societies (CCS)
    72. Council for Education in the Commonwealth (CEC)
    73. The English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth (ESU)
    74. Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS)
    75. League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers (LECT)
    76. Organisation of Commonwealth United Nations Associations (OCUNA)
    77. The Round Table: Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs (CJIA)
    78. Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth (RASC)
    79. Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL)
    80. The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS)
    81. Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL)
    82. Sight Savers International (The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind) (RCSB)
    83. Soroptimist International Commonwealth Group (SICG)
    84. Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship (VLCF)

Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League (RCEL)

The Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League was founded in 1921 by Field Marshal Earl Haig and General Smuts. The inaugural Conference in Capetown was attended by seven founder members from ex-service associations of the 'Old Commonwealth' countries.

The League's aim, as defined then is to: "ensure that no Commonwealth ex-serviceman or woman is without help if in need."
The League now has 57 member organisations across 48 countries. It acts as a link for ex-service organisations throughout the Commonwealth and provides financial assistance for ex-service men, women, and widows whose difficulties are beyond the means of their local organisations. Financial support is also given to self-help projects that will generate local income. This aim remains the main purpose of the League today

The League now has 57 member organisations across 48 countries. It acts as a link for ex-service organisations throughout the Commonwealth and provides financial assistance for ex-service men, women, and widows whose difficulties are beyond the means of their local organisations. Financial support is also given to self-help projects that will generate local income.

Contact:

48 Pall Mall,
London SW1Y 5JG,
UK

Tel: (44) 20 7973 7263
Fax: (44) 20 7973 7308

E-mail: mgordon-roe@commonwealthveterans.org.uk
Web: http://www.commonwealthveterans.org.uk/