Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting 1991

The 1991 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the 12th

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of the

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of the

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. It was held in

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, between 16 October 1991 and 21 October 1991, and was hosted by that country's

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. The

Harare Declaration The Harare Commonwealth Declaration was a declaration of the Commonwealth of Nations, setting out the Commonwealth's core principles and values, detailing the Commonwealth's membership criteria, and redefining and reinforcing its purpose. The ...

was issued at the CHOGM setting out the Commonwealth's core principles and values and its membership criteria, reaffirming and expanding upon the

Singapore Declaration The Singapore Declaration of Commonwealth Principles was a declaration issued by the assembled Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations, setting out the core political volunteering values that would form the main part of the Commonwealth ...

which had been issued twenty years earlier.

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

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