Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the Commonwealth Secretariat, which focuses on intergovernmental aspects, and the Commonwealth Foundation, which focuses on non-governmental relations among member states.Numerous organisations are associated with and operate within the Commonwealth.

What is Commonwealth ?

 The Commonwealth of Nations is an intergovernmental organization of 56 independent countries. This organization is a group of countries that were once under the British Empire. The headquarters of the Commonwealth is located in London (UK). Although Mozambique and Rwanda were never slaves of the British Empire, they are members of the Commonwealth, unlike the United States of America, which was once under the British Empire but is not a member of the Commonwealth. Its main objective is to promote democracy, literacy, human rights, better governance, free trade and world peace.

 When was the Commonwealth established?

 On 28 April 1949, eight countries together established the modern Commonwealth. These countries were; United Kingdom, Australia, India, South Africa, Canada, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan.

 What is the work of the Commonwealth?

 The main goal of the Commonwealth is to protect the interests of all Commonwealth citizens, to raise their standard of living and to raise their issues in the international forum. The official language of the Commonwealth is English. In countries where India does not have an embassy and an Indian citizen needs any kind of help, then he (India being a member of the Commonwealth) is entitled to seek help from the British Embassy in that country. The total population of the Commonwealth is approximately 2.4 billion, including both developed and developing countries. The 30 members of the Commonwealth are small countries, many of which are island nations. In which there are maximum 19 countries from the continent of Africa, followed by 13 from the continent of North and South America, 11 from the Pacific region, 07 from the continent of Asia and only 03 from the continent of Europe.

List of all Commonwealth member countries:

 Asian Countries:

 India (1947)

 Bangladesh

 brunei darussalam

 Malaysia (1957)

 Pakistan

 Singapore

 Sri Lanka (1948)

 African Countries:

 botswana

 Cameron (1995)

 Gambia

 Ghana (1957)

 Kenya

 Lesotho

 malawi

 Mauritius

 Mozambique (1995)

 Namibia (1990)

 Nigeria

 Rwanda

 Seychelles

 Sierra Leone

 South Africa

 swaziland

 Uganda

 united republic of tanzania

 zambia

 american country

 Antigua and Barbuda

 the Bahamas

 Barbados

 Belize

 Canada

 Dominica

 Grenada

 Guyana

 Jamaica

 st kitts & nevis

 Saint Lucia

 Saint Vincent & The Grenadines

 Trinidad and Tobago

 European Countries:

 Cyprus

 malta

 United Kingdom

 Pacific Countries:

 Australia

 Fiji Islands

 Kiribati

 Nauru (2000)

 new zealand

 Papua New Guinea

 Samoa

 Solomon Islands

 Tonga