Armenia is interested in cooperating with other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS, a group of 12 former Soviet republics ) and with members of the international community on environmental issues.

For the most part however, Armenia is considered one of the more pro-democratic nations in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Armenia is a member of more than 40 different international organizations including the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Trade Organization and La Francophonie.

* 1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972.

* 1946 – Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

The area known as the Parliamentary Triangle is formed by three of Burley Griffin's axes, stretching from Capital Hill along Commonwealth Avenue to the Civic Centre around City Hill, along Constitution Avenue to the Defence precinct on Russell Hill, and along Kings Avenue back to Capital Hill.

For instance member nations of the Commonwealth where English is not spoken natively, such as India, often closely follow British English forms, while many American English usages are followed in other countries which have been historically influenced by the United States, such as the Philippines.

However, legislating for alterations to the Act is a complex process, since the act is a common denominator in the shared succession of all the Commonwealth realms and the Statute of Westminster 1931 acknowledges by established convention that any changes to the rules of succession may be made only with the agreement of all of the states involved, with concurrent amendments to be made by each state's parliament or parliaments.

Kirk who provided the first translation into Gaidhlig of the Book of Psalms, however, he is better remembered for the publication of his book " The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies " in 1691.

It is now used by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

It also is a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ( OIC ), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) forum and the Commonwealth of Nations.

Like Brunei, Malaysia is a full member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Like Brunei, Singapore is a full member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Amateur boxing is an Olympic and Commonwealth sport and is a common fixture in most of the major international games-it also has its own World Championships.

Bowls is played at the Commonwealth Games ; the last being held in Delhi, India, where Natalie Melmore ( England ) and Robert Weale ( Wales ) won the singles Gold Medals.

The name bubble and squeak is used throughout the United Kingdom, and it may also be understood in parts of some other Commonwealth countries and the United States.

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe.

It is observed in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and some other Commonwealth nations.

It is also home to diverse communities from across the Commonwealth.

The Bankruptcy Act 1966 ( Commonwealth ) is the legislation that governs bankruptcy in Australia.

Virginia Code section 1-200 establishes the continued existence and vitality of common law principles and provides that " The common law of England, insofar as it is not repugnant to the principles of the Bill of Rights and Constitution of this Commonwealth, shall continue in full force within the same, and be the rule of decision, except as altered by the General Assembly.

The common law constitutes the basis of the legal systems of: England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, federal law in the United States and the law of individual U. S. states ( except Louisiana ), federal law throughout Canada and the law of the individual provinces and territories ( except Quebec ), Australia ( both federal and individual states ), Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Pakistan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Granadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and many other generally English-speaking countries or Commonwealth countries ( except Scotland, which is bijuridicial, and Malta ).

In the United Kingdom and parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, a city is traditionally a settlement with a royal charter.

Republic is still an alternative translation of the traditional name of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English, later British and later still ( and currently ) monarchs of the Commonwealth realms.

* 10 September 1573: The Cathedral was the site of a vow made by Henry of Valois following the interregnum of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth that he would both respect traditional liberties and the recently passed religious freedom law.

Unlike other Commonwealth countries, the sword is a traditional naval cutlass.

Thus the Commonwealth elected Henry, rather than Habsburg candidates, partly in order to be more agreeable to the Ottoman Empire ( a traditional ally of France through the Franco-Ottoman alliance ), and thereby strengthening a Polish-Ottoman alliance which was also in effect.

Most Western and Commonwealth militaries integrate air defence purely with the traditional services, of the military ( i. e. army, navy and air force ), as a separate arm or as part of artillery.

In Canada, the traditional ceremony for granting Assent in Parliament was regularly used until the 21st century, long after it had been discontinued in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.

; 1942 May: The Biltmore Conference makes a fundamental departure from traditional Zionist policy and demands " that Palestine be established as a Jewish Commonwealth " ( state ), rather than a " homeland.

The United Kingdom and other long-established countries had hoped to slow the tide of expansion of Commonwealth membership to prevent the dilution of their traditional power within the Commonwealth ( particularly after the admission of Cyprus ).

Among the exhibitions held in the museum were ' Common Goods: Cultures Meet Through Craft ', which featured crafts made by artists from various Commonwealth countries and ' CARVE: Indigenous carving practices ', a series of demonstrations of traditional indigenous carving practices and techniques from Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

The NDP was founded as an alliance between the old Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the labour movement, and Rae's policy decisions alienated many traditional NDP voters.

The NDP ( and its predecessor, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ) had been the traditional Western protest party for most of the last 40 years, but since the 1990s they attempted to make inroads in Quebec and joined the Conservatives and Liberals in supporting the Charlottetown Accord.

The Right is most famous for its support of Third Way policies over Labor's traditional social democratic / democratic socialist policies, such as the economic rationalist policies of the Hawke and Keating governments, like floating the Australian Dollar in 1983, reductions in trade tariffs, taxation reforms, changing from centralised wage-fixing to enterprise bargaining, the privatisation of Qantas and Commonwealth Bank, and deregulating the banking system.

The channel, once the traditional home of television sport, has since lost the rights to most of the world's main sporting events, including the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games and All Blacks test matches to pay television competitor Sky.

A different arrangement from the traditional Sam Browne belt was also popular with British and Commonwealth armed services ; this consists of a similar wide belt with two vertical supporting straps, one over each shoulder, and its invention is also sometimes attributed to Browne, although other sources say he got the idea from a saddlemaker.

As well as being a professional competitive sport, darts is a traditional pub game, commonly played in the United Kingdom, across the Commonwealth, the Netherlands, Belgium, Republic of Ireland, the Scandinavian countries, the United States, Canada, and elsewhere.

The conference quashed a proposal of a two-tier structure that would have had the traditional Commonwealth realms, perhaps with defence pacts, on one tier, and the new members which opted for a republic, on the second tier.

Despite Fiji's membership at that time as a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, the Great Council recognized Queen Elizabeth II as its traditional Queen or paramount chief.

However, in the 2006 season, Bahrain swapped places with the traditional opener, the Australian Grand Prix, which was pushed back to avoid a clash with the Commonwealth Games.

The Biltmore Conference, also known by its resolution as the Biltmore Program, was a fundamental departure from traditional Zionist policy with its demand " that Palestine be established as a Jewish Commonwealth.

This was a traditional paper size used in Europe and the British Commonwealth, before the adoption of the international standard A4 paper ( the most common standard size in the world ).

" Granola bars " were invented by Stanley Mason and have become popular as a snack, similar to the traditional flapjack ( oat bar ) familiar in the Commonwealth countries.

The house system is a traditional feature of schools in the English-speaking world, particularly in Commonwealth countries, and originated in England.