It aims to promote democracy, human rights, world peace etc. This was set up after the second world war (in 1949) by Britain, to maintain close economic ties with its erstwhile colonies that were now rapidly becoming independent.Mozambique and Rwanda are also its members, who were never colonies of Britain.It is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that were mostly territories of the former British Empire.Formerly called the British Commonwealth.
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