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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)

Commonwealth Family

In 1970, Queen Elizabeth II wrote about the Commonwealth as “…rather a special family, a family of nations…”

Today there are nearly 90 professional and advocacy organisations which bear the Commonwealth’s name that are part of what the Head of the Commonwealth termed a ‘family of nations.’ These organisations work in the 53 member countries, across five continents and three oceans, in order to promote shared goals and values.

These Commonwealth organisations, both large and small, all aspire to meet the challenges of our time and anticipating and adapting to the challenges of the future.

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