The Commonwealth of Nations

1. The Commonwealth
of
Nations

2. What is the
Commonwealth
of Nations?

3. It is an intergovernmental organisation made up of fifty-four
independent member states, all but two of which were formerly
part of the British Empire. The member states co-operate within a
framework of common values and goals, including the promotion
of democracy, human rights, good governance, the rule of law,
individual liberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilateralism and
world peace.

4. The Commonwealth is not a political union, but an in-
tergovernmental organisation through which coun-
tries with diverse social, political and economic back-
grounds are regarded as equal in status. The symbol
of this free association is the
Head of the Commonwealth, which is a ceremonial
position currently held by Queen Elizabeth II.

5. What's Elizabeth
II's role?

6. Elizabeth II is also the monarch, separately, of sixteen members of the Com-
monwealth, informally known as the Commonwealth realms. As each realm is
an independent kingdom, the Queen, as monarch, holds a distinct title for
each, though, by a Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in 1952, all in-
clude the style Head of the Commonwealth at the end; for example: Elizabeth the
Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and of Her other Realms and Terri-
tories, Head of the Commonwealth. Beyond the realms, the majority of the mem-
bers of the Commonwealth have separate heads of state: thirty-three mem-
bers are republics, and five members have distinct monarchs: the Sultan of
Brunei; the King of Lesotho; the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (or King) of Malaysia;
the King of Swaziland; and the King of Tonga.

7. Whichcountries

are members

ofthe

Commonwealth
?
ofNations

8.  Antigua and Bar-
buda
 Australia
 Bahamas
 Bangladesh
 Barbados
 Belize
 Botswana
 Brunei
 Cameroon
 Canada
 Cyprus
 Dominica
 Gambia
 Ghana
 Grenada
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 Pakistan
 Papua New Guinea
 Rwanda
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
 Saint Vicent and the
Grenadines
 Samoa
 Seychelles
 Sierra Leone
 Singapore
 Solomon Islands
 South Africa
 Sri Lanka
 Swaziland
 Tonga
 Trinidad and To-
bago
 Tuvalu
 Uganda
 United Kingdom
 Vanuatu
 Zambia
 Guyana
 India
 Jamaica
 Kenya
 Kiribati
 Lesotho
 Malawi
 Malaysia
 Maldives
 Malta
 Mauritius
 Mozambique
 Namibia
 Nauru
 New Zealand
 Nigeria

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10. Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations
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