The Commonwealth at the Summit

Summit meetings of the Commonwealth have reflected its inherent flexibility and adaptability to the needs of its members in a changing world. This volume contains the full text of declarations, statements and communiqu s issued by Commonwealth Heads of Government between 1944 and 1986. As these communiqu s testify, the small association of old Commonwealth countries of 1944 has grown into a worldwide multiracial partnership. It includes important milestones of collective decision-making: the 1991 Singapore Declaration of Commonwealth Principles; the Gleneagles Declaration of 1977 seeking to bar apartheid South Africa from sporting links with Commonwealth countries; the Lusaka Accord of 1979 successfully establishing a process for Zimbabwe's independence; the Melbourne Declaration of commitment to conquering global poverty; the Goa Declaration on International Security of 1983; and the Commonwealth Accord at Nassau in 1985 agreeing measures to help end apartheid.