Commonwealth of Nations - Benefits of membership and contemporary concerns - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of Nations: Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of Nations
Flag of the Commonwealth The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of Nations: Encyclopedia Ii - Commonwealth Of Nations - Benefits Of Membership And Contemporary Concerns
The Commonwealth has often been likened to an English gentlemen's club, and the issue of membership - who is and who is not a member of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of Nations: Encyclopedia Ii - Commonwealth Of Nations - Origins
Although performing a vastly different function, the Commonwealth is the successor of the British Empire. In 1884, whilst visiting Adelai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of Nations: Encyclopedia Ii - Commonwealth Of Nations - Commonwealth Business Council
The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) was formed at the Edinburgh CHOGM in 1997. The aim was to utilise the global network of the Commo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of Nations: Encyclopedia Ii - Commonwealth Of Nations - Cultural Links
The Commonwealth is also useful as an international organisation that represents significant cultural and historical links between wealth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of Nations: Encyclopedia Ii - Commonwealth Of Nations - Organisation And Objectives
Queen Elizabeth II is the nominal Head of the Commonwealth. Some members of the Commonwealth, known as Commonwealth Realms, also recogniz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of Nations: Encyclopedia Ii - Commonwealth Of Nations - Membership
The Commonwealth encompasses a population of approximately 1.8 billion people, making up about 30% of the world's total. India is the mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commonwealth Of Nations: Encyclopedia Ii - Commonwealth Of Nations - Non-members
Tongue in cheek, Charles de Gaulle twice suggested that France, although it had never been a member of the British Empire (even if for ce...   » Read the article