This page includes a selection of Declarations, Statements, Reports and Charters frequently referenced in the oral histories collected on this website. The documents have been compiled here for easy access, drawing from collections made available through the official Commonwealth History timeline.
Copyright note: Reproduction by translation or reprinting of the whole or of parts for non-commercial purposes is allowed on condition that due acknowledgement is made to the Commonwealth Secretariat.
1930s:
1940s:
1950s:
1960s:
1970s:
- 1971 Singapore Declaration of Commonwealth Principles
- 1977 Gleneagles Agreement on Sporting Contacts with South Africa
- 1979 Lusaka Declaration of the Commonwealth on Racism and Racial Prejudice
- 1979 Lancaster House Agreement
1980s:
- 1985 Vulnerability: Small States in the Global Society
- 1986 Report of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group: Mission to South Africa
- 1989 Langkawi Declaration on the Environment
1990s:
- 1991 Harare Declaration
- 1994 Victoria Falls Declaration of Principles for the Promotion of the Human Rights of Women
- 1995 Millbrook Commonwealth Action Programme on the Harare Declaration
- 1997 A Future for Small States: Overcoming Vulnerability
- 1999 Fancourt Commonwealth Declaration on Globalisation and People-Centred Development
2000s:
- 2002 Coolum Declaration on the Commonwealth in the 21st Century: Continuity and Renewal
- 2003 Report of the Commonwealth Expert Group on Development and Democracy: Making Democracy Work for Pro-Poor Development
- 2003 Aso Rock Declaration on Development and Democracy
- 2004 Commonwealth (Latimer House) Principles on the Three Branches of Government
- 2005 Malta Declaration on Networking the Commonwealth for Development
- 2005 Valletta Statement on Multilateral Trade
- 2007 Kampala Declaration on Transforming Societies to Achieve Political, Economic and Human Development
2010s: