Some of them contribute to Commonwealth funds and programmes. The Commonwealth Secretariat is the intergovernmental organisation which co-ordinates and carries out much of the Commonwealth’s work, supported by a network of more than 80 organisations. Commonwealth membership is confined to sovereign countries, but self-governing states linked to member countries and overseas territories of member countries are eligible to take part in many activities and to receive technical assistance. Commonwealths Puerto Rico (Caribbean) Northern Marianas Islands (Pacific) (former Trust Territory of the United Nations elected by plebiscite to join the U.S. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) links members of national and. Welcoming the announcement, Commonwealth Secretary-General The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland, QC, said: ‘The Commonwealth, which began as eight nations in 1949, is growing to 56. The Commonwealth is an association of 54 countries working towards shared goals of prosperity, democracy and peace. These 8 countries together have a total population of 1.4 billion people. The Commonwealth admitted Gabon and Togo as its 55th and 56th members respectively earlier this year. Zimbabwe also left voluntarily in 2003, President Emmerson Mnangagwa applied for the country to rejoin the Commonwealth in 2018. Membership is voluntary and former members of the Commonwealth include Ireland which left in 1949 and Maldives which withdrew in 2016.
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