Category: Member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States

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 doesn't seem to be interested in cooperating with other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( a group of 12 former Soviet republics ) or with members of the international community on environmental issues.

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.

Membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as the 1996 treaty on the Union of Russia and Belarus and the Treaty of the Formation of a Union State in 1999, has confirmed a close partnership with Russia.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, at which time Belarus gained its independence, Belarus became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ), NATO's Partnership for Peace, the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.

* Both countries are full members of the Eurasian Economic Community, of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation and of the Commonwealth of Independent States

* Commonwealth of Independent States

* 1991 – The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.

In April 2006, Scottish & Newcastle plc announced that it had agreed to acquire the Foster ’ s brand in Europe ( including Turkey ), the Russian Federation and other countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States from Foster ’ s Group Limited for approximately £ 309 million.

Georgia relationships with Russia are at it lowest point in modern history due to Georgian-Russian espionage controversy and due to the 2008 South Ossetia war, Georgia broke off diplomatic relations with Russia and has left the Commonwealth of Independent States.

* On January 21, 2009, ICQ servers started blocking all unofficial clients in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States countries.

* Economic Court of the Commonwealth of Independent States

In the mid-1990s, Russia remained the most important sponsor of Kazakhstan in economic and national security matters, but in such matters Nazarbayev also backed the strengthening of the multinational structures of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), the loose confederation that succeeded the Soviet Union.

Business with booming Russia and China, as well as neighboring Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) nations have helped to propel this amazing growth.

Kazakhstan is a member of the United Nations, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ( which it chaired in 2010 ), North Atlantic Cooperation Council, Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and NATO's Partnership for Peace program.

Illegal cannabis and, to a lesser extent, opium production in Kazakhstan is an international issue since much of the crop ends up being sold in other countries, particularly in other member-states of Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ).

On December 21, 1991, Kyrgyzstan formally entered the new Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ).

Kyrgyzstan was the first Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) country to be accepted into the World Trade Organization.

Kyrgyzstan favors close relations with other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, particularly Kazakhstan and Russia.

The Moldovan Parliament approved the country's membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States and the CIS charter on economic union in April 1994.

With the Soviet Union collapsing, Gorbachev prepared the country to become a loose non-communist federation of independent states called the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Russia is a great power and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, a member of the G8, G20, the Council of Europe, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Eurasian Economic Community, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ), the World Trade Organisation ( WTO ), and is the leading member of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

As used in this Act, the term ' saline water ' includes sea water, brackish water, and other mineralized or chemically charged water, and the term ' United States ' extends to and includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories and possessions of the United States.

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* 1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army was liberated in Baguio City and they fought against the Japanese forces under by General Tomoyuki Yamashita.

In the international yard and pound agreement of 1959 the United States and five countries of the Commonwealth of Nations defined the length of the international yard to be exactly 0. 9144 metres.

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.

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 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 ).

Apart from the United Nations, Cameroon is very active in other multilateral organisations or global institutions such as the Francophonie, the Commonwealth, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, The Group of 77, the Non-Aligned Movement, the African Union and the Economic Community of Central African States.

* Chief Executive Officer or CEO / Executive Director for the nonprofit sector ( United States ), Chief Executive or Managing director ( United Kingdom, Commonwealth and some other English speaking countries ) – The CEO of a corporation is the highest ranking management officer of a corporation and has final decisions over human, financial, environmental and technical operations of the corporation.

The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act created a federal system, in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the States — the evolved status of the colonies.

* Virginia has been known as the " Commonwealth of Virginia " since before joining the United States, and is referred to as a Commonwealth in its constitution.

" Commonwealth " is also used in the U. S. to describe the political relationship between the United States and the overseas unincorporated territories:

During the Middle Ages, there were various systems involving elections or assemblies, although often only involving a small amount of the population, the election of Gopala in Bengal region of Indian Subcontinent, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 10 % of population ), the Althing in Iceland, the Løgting in the Faeroe Islands, certain medieval Italian city-states such as Venice, the tuatha system in early medieval Ireland, the Veche in Novgorod and Pskov Republics of medieval Russia, Scandinavian Things, The States in Tirol and Switzerland and the autonomous merchant city of Sakai in the 16th century in Japan.

In December, one week after the Ukrainian Republic approved independence by referendum, Yeltsin and the leaders of Ukraine and Belarus met to form the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ).

* Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS )

It is the southernmost republic of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), the loose federation created at the end of 1991 by most of the post-Soviet states.

Ukraine became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) on December 8, 1991, but in January 1993 it refused to endorse a draft charter strengthening political, economic, and defense ties among CIS members.

The Unified Team was sometimes informally called the CIS Team ( Commonwealth of Independent States ), although Georgia did not join the CIS until 1993.

** Leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine meet and sign an agreement ending the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), in the Białowieża Forest Nature Reserve in Belarus.

CIS usually refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, a modern political entity consisting of eleven former Soviet Union republics.

It is also a popular seaside resort and tourist destination, mainly for visitors from the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) countries.

It is the administrative centre of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ).

On December 8, Belarus joined Russia and Ukraine in signing the Minsk Agreement to form the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), which formally put an end to the Soviet Union.

* Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS )

* Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS )

* Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) member states mutually allow their citizens to enter visa-free, at least for short stays.