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Commonwealth of Nations
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  Current member states
  Partially suspended member state
  Former member states
  British Overseas Territories
and Crown Dependencies
HeadquartersMarlborough House, London, United Kingdom
Working languageEnglish
TypeVoluntary association[1]
Member states
56 states
  • Commonwealth of Nations Antigua and Barbuda
  • Commonwealth of Nations Australia
  • Commonwealth of Nations Bahamas
  • Commonwealth of Nations Bangladesh
  • Commonwealth of Nations Barbados
  • Commonwealth of Nations Belize
  • Commonwealth of Nations Botswana
  • Commonwealth of Nations Brunei
  • Commonwealth of Nations Cameroon
  • Commonwealth of Nations Canada
  • Commonwealth of Nations Cyprus
  • Commonwealth of Nations Dominica
  • Commonwealth of Nations Eswatini
  • Commonwealth of Nations Fiji
  • Commonwealth of Nations Gabon
  • Commonwealth of Nations Gambia
  • Commonwealth of Nations Ghana
  • Commonwealth of Nations Grenada
  • Commonwealth of Nations Guyana
  • Commonwealth of Nations India
  • Commonwealth of Nations Jamaica
  • Commonwealth of Nations Kenya
  • Commonwealth of Nations Kiribati
  • Commonwealth of Nations Lesotho
  • Commonwealth of Nations Malawi
  • Commonwealth of Nations Malaysia
  • Commonwealth of Nations Maldives
  • Commonwealth of Nations Malta
  • Commonwealth of Nations Mauritius
  • Commonwealth of Nations Mozambique
  • Commonwealth of Nations Namibia
  • Commonwealth of Nations Nauru
  • Commonwealth of Nations New Zealand
  • Commonwealth of Nations Nigeria
  • Commonwealth of Nations Pakistan
  • Commonwealth of Nations Papua New Guinea
  • Commonwealth of Nations Rwanda
  • Commonwealth of Nations Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Commonwealth of Nations Saint Lucia
  • Commonwealth of Nations Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Commonwealth of Nations Samoa
  • Commonwealth of Nations Seychelles
  • Commonwealth of Nations Sierra Leone
  • Commonwealth of Nations Singapore
  • Commonwealth of Nations Solomon Islands
  • Commonwealth of Nations South Africa
  • Commonwealth of Nations Sri Lanka
  • Commonwealth of Nations Tanzania
  • Commonwealth of Nations Togo
  • Commonwealth of Nations Tonga
  • Commonwealth of Nations Trinidad and Tobago
  • Commonwealth of Nations Tuvalu
  • Commonwealth of Nations Uganda
  • Commonwealth of Nations United Kingdom
  • Commonwealth of Nations Vanuatu
  • Commonwealth of Nations Zambia
Leaders
• Head
Charles III[2]
• Secretary-General
The Baroness Scotland of Asthal
• Chair-in-Office
Paul Kagame
Establishment
• Balfour Declaration
19 November 1926
• Statute of Westminster
11 December 1931[3]
• London Declaration
28 April 1949
Area
• Total
29,958,050 km2 (11,566,870 sq mi)
Population
• 2016 estimate
2,418,964,000
• Density
75/km2 (194.2/sq mi)
Website
thecommonwealth.org

The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth,[4] is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.[5] The chief institutions of the organisation are the Commonwealth Secretariat, which focuses on intergovernmental aspects, and the Commonwealth Foundation, which focuses on non-governmental relations among member states.[6] Numerous organisations are associated with and operate within the Commonwealth.[7]

The Commonwealth dates back to the first half of the 20th century with the decolonisation of the British Empire through increased self-governance of its territories. It was originally created as the British Commonwealth of Nations[8] through the Balfour Declaration at the 1926 Imperial Conference, and formalised by the United Kingdom through the Statute of Westminster in 1931. The current Commonwealth of Nations was formally constituted by the London Declaration in 1949, which modernised the community and established the member states as "free and equal".[9]

The head of the Commonwealth is Charles III. He is king of 15 member states, known as the Commonwealth realms, while 36 other members are republics, and five others have different monarchs. Although he became head upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, the position is not technically hereditary.[10]

Member states have no legal obligations to one another but are connected through their use of the English language and historical-cultural ties. Citizenship of a Commonwealth country affords benefits in some member countries, particularly in the United Kingdom, and Commonwealth countries are represented to one another by high commissions rather than embassies. The Commonwealth Charter defines their shared values of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law,[11] as promoted by the quadrennial Commonwealth Games.

  1. ^ "Commonwealth Charter". 6 June 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019. Recalling that the Commonwealth is a voluntary association of independent and equal sovereign states, each responsible for its own policies, consulting and co-operating in the common interests of our peoples and in the promotion of international understanding and world peace, and influencing international society to the benefit of all through the pursuit of common principles and values
  2. ^ The Commonwealth - About Us, TheCommonwealth.org Archived 10 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 September 2022
  3. ^ "Annex B – Territories Forming Part of the Commonwealth" (PDF). Her Majesty's Civil Service. September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. ^ "BBC News – Profile: The Commonwealth". news.bbc.co.uk. February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  5. ^ "About Us". thecommonwealth.org. The Commonwealth. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  6. ^ "The Commonwealth". The Commonwealth. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth Family". Commonwealth Secretariat. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
  8. ^ "Imperial Conference 1926 Inter-Imperial Relations Committee Report, Proceedings and Memoranda" (PDF). November 1926. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2018. Their position and mutual relation may be readily defined. They are autonomous Communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations.
  9. ^ "The London Declaration". The Commonwealth. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  10. ^ "The Commonwealth". The Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Commonwealth Charter". The Commonwealth. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

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