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1. Aboriginal proverb, quoted by Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II at the CHOGM Opening Ceremony, Perth, W. Australia, 28 October 2011.
2. Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma, CHOGM 2011 Opening Press Conference, 27 October 2011. Previous meetings held in London were known as Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conferences. The first CHOGM, held in Singapore, was in 1971, giving Australia the record for the number of CHOGMs held in one country (Melbourne 1981, Coolum 2002 and Perth 2011).
3. Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II at the CHOGM Opening Ceremony, 28 October 2011.
4. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the CHOGM Opening Ceremony, 28 October 2011.
5. Commonwealth leaders agree to strengthen Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), 28 October, 2011, www.thecommonwealth.org/news/241569/281011chogm3.htm, accessed 29 October 2011.
6. Commonwealth leaders agree to strengthen Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), 28 October, www.thecommonwealth.org/news/241569/281011chogm3.htm, accessed 29 October 2011.
7. Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma, CHOGM 2011 Concluding Press Conference, 30 October 2011.
8. CHOGM 2011 Communiqué, clause 14, Perth, Australia, 30 October 2011. President Mugabe withdrew Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth in 2003, the country having been suspended in 2002.
9. Moses Chamboko, speaking at a Round Table Seminar, Murdoch University, 28 October 2011.
10. Perth Declaration on food security principles, www.thecommonwealth.org/news/241600/291011foodsecurity.htm accessed 31 October 2011.
11. CHOGM Communiqué, Perth, Australia, 28–30 October 2011.
12. President Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives, CHOGM 2011 Concluding Press Conference, 30 October 2011.
13. Prime Minister, CHOGM 2011 Concluding Press Conference, 30 October 2011.
14. Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma, CHOGM 2011 Concluding Press Conference, 30 October 2011.
15. Commonwealth citizens to connect through new web portal launched at CHOGM 2011, www.thecommonwealth.org/news/241581/281011cc.htm, accessed 29 October 2011.
16. Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma, CHOGM 2011 Concluding Press Conference, 30 October 2011.
17. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, the Hon. Gamini Lakshman Pereis, Press Conference, 30 October 2011.
18. Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Executive Session III—Closing Remarks, 30 October 2011.