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.

* 1947 – Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

* 1947 – India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

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.

* 1990 – Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

* 1970 – The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President.

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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.

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.

Category: History of the Commonwealth of Nations

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

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.

Although all administrative links with Jamaica were broken in 1962, the Cayman Islands and Jamaica continue to share many links and experiences, including membership in the Commonwealth of Nations ( and Commonwealth citizenship ) and a common united church ( the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands ) and Anglican diocese ( although there is debate about this ) as well as a common currency ( until 1972 ).

Cyprus is a member of the United Nations along with most of its agencies as well as the Commonwealth of Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Council of Europe.

Some of the new countries became British Dominions, the genesis of the modern Commonwealth of Nations.

* Commonwealth of Nations, an association of primarily former British colonies

The use of the English language in most member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations was inherited from British colonisation.

Category: Symbols of the Commonwealth of Nations

Most notably, the Commonwealth of Nations, an association primarily of former members of the British Empire, is often referred to as simply " the Commonwealth ".

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.

* Commonwealth of the Philippines — formed in 1934, and became independent in 1946.

* Commonwealth of Puerto Rico — became a commonwealth in 1952.

** The Commonwealth — UK government site

During an interview Lord Phillips was quoted by the Financial Times as saying: "' in an ideal world ' Commonwealth countries — including those in the Caribbean — would stop using the Privy Council and set up their own final courts of appeal instead.

In the British and Commonwealth armies, " Type A Armoured Brigades "— which were intended for independent operations or to form part of armored divisions — had a " motor infantry " battalion mounted in Bren Carriers or later in Lend-Lease halftracks.

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Before 1900, England had none of these except for the civil registration of births, marriages, and burials briefly attempted under the Commonwealth ( 1653 – 1660 ) and an even more short-lived initiative of the same kind in 1694 in connection with the attempt to raise a tax on the occasion of every birth, marriage, and death — paupers excepted.

Membership comprises the heads of the three collection agencies — the Secret Intelligence Service, Security Service and GCHQ — the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence Staff, the Chief of the Assessment Staff, representatives of the Ministry of Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and other departments, and the Prime Minister's adviser on foreign affairs.

King — and Canada — were largely ignored by Winston Churchill, despite Canada's major role in supplying food, raw materials, munitions and money to the hard-pressed British economy, training airmen for the Commonwealth, guarding the western half of the North Atlantic Ocean against German U-boats, and providing combat troops for the invasions of Italy, France and Germany in 1943-45.

* Dismissal — some constitutions allow a Head of state ( or their designated representative, as is the case in Commonwealth countries ) to dismiss a Head of government, though its use can be controversial, as occurred in 1975 when then Australian Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the Australian Constitutional Crisis.

It is one of the main constitutional laws governing the succession to the throne of the United Kingdom and — following British colonialism, the resultant doctrine of reception, and independence — to the thrones of those other Commonwealth realms, by willing deference to the Act as a British statute or as a patriated part of the particular realm's constitution.

* VCU Virtual Parasite Project — Virtual Parasite Project at Virginia Commonwealth University's Center for the Study of Biological Complexity

In the absence of the forensic findings of 1560, it was often assumed that a simple accident could not be the explanation — on the basis of near-contemporary tales that Amy Dudley was found at the bottom of a short flight of stairs with a broken neck, her headdress still standing undisturbed " upon her head ", a detail that first appeared as a satirical remark in the libel Leicester's Commonwealth of 1584 and has ever since been repeated for a fact.

The Richmond area has many major institutions of higher education, including Virginia Commonwealth University ( public ), University of Richmond ( private ), Virginia Union University ( private ), Virginia College ( private ), Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education ( private ), and the Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond ( BTSR — private ).

Australia also is active in meetings of the Commonwealth Heads of Government and the Pacific Islands Forum, and has been a leader in the Cairns Group — countries pressing for agricultural trade reform in the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) negotiations — and in the APEC forum.

The Bahamas has a few notable industrial firms: the Freeport pharmaceutical firm, PFC Bahamas ( formerly Syntex ), which recently streamlined its production and was purchased by the Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche ; the BORCO oil facility, also in Freeport, which transships oil in the region ; the Commonwealth Brewery in Nassau, which produces Heineken, Guinness, and Kalik beers ; and Bacardi Corp., which distills rum in Nassau for shipment to the U. S. and European markets.

* Commonwealth Development Corporation ( formerly the Colonial Development Corporation ), a British development organisation

* Commonwealth Constitution Day, formerly Occupation Day.

Malawi became a fully independent member of the Commonwealth ( formerly the British Commonwealth ) on 6 July 1964.

The Council was formerly a supreme court of appeal for the entire British Empire ( other than for the United Kingdom itself ), and continues to hear appeals from the Crown Dependencies, the British Overseas Territories, and a number of Commonwealth member countries.

In the Commonwealth of Nations ( formerly the British Commonwealth ), only officers are saluted, and the salute is to the commission they carry from their respective commanders-in-chief representing the Monarch, not the officers themselves.

Prince of Wales () is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms ( and formerly of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, before that the Kingdom of Great Britain and before that the Kingdom of England ).

The election of a Labor Government in 1972 marked the end of a period where Australians saw themselves principally as part of the Commonwealth of Nations ( formerly the British Empire ).

Accomack County, formerly Accomac Shire, is a U. S. county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The downtown area has also become the home of several bank offices, hosting the regional headquarters of Huntington, FirstMerit, and First Commonwealth ( all descended from banks formerly based in the city but later acquired ) as well as branches for PNC Bank and First National Bank.

The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for " an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy ".

Nine's other popular recurring sporting events include the Rugby League State of Origin, British Open, US Golf Open, US Tennis Open, Wimbledon, the French Open, KFC Twenty20, Commonwealth Bank Series Cricket, and Test cricket and formerly the Australian Swimming Championships until Nine lost the rights in 2009.

When issued to British or other Commonwealth forces formerly issued hardtack and bully beef-type rations, the C ration was initially accepted, but monotony also became a chief complaint after a few days of consumption.

The term veterinarian is used in North America and other countries using predominantly American English, whereas in the United Kingdom, and countries which are formerly part of the British Empire or are part of the Commonwealth of Nations tend to use the term veterinary surgeon.

In the United Kingdom and countries formerly part of the British Empire ( such as Commonwealth nations, the United States and the Republic of Ireland ) the right to silence has remained enshrined in the common-law tradition inherited from England.

It is located in the suburb of Perth Airport and has, since 1997, been operated by Perth Airport Pty Ltd, a private company ( formerly Westralia Airports Corporation Pty Ltd ) under a 99-year lease from the Commonwealth Government.

For the same reason, in Commonwealth countries other than the United Kingdom, the ministers responsible for handling relations with both Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth countries were formerly usually designated ministers for ' External Affairs '.

Ten's most popular recurring sporting events include the National Basketball League ( NBL ), ANZ Championship, Commonwealth Games, Formula One, Moto GP, and the National Football League formerly Australian Football League.

The Distinguished Service Order ( DSO ) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.

Grade I is limited to only the members of the Grand Council plus no more than 21 others, though any heads of state and members of the Royal family of a Commonwealth realm, other Commonwealth of Nations member-state, or foreign country, may be appointed as a Bailiff or Dame Grand Cross without counting towards the total population ; All Priors, should they not already be in the grade or higher, are made a Knight or Dame of Justice upon their assignment ; this formerly enabled them, along with all Bailiffs and Dames Grand Cross, to nominate two personal Esquires, just as each Knight or Dame of Grace could nominate one personal Esquire, subject to the Grand Council's scrutiny.