What countries are there in the Commonwealth?

Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru.

New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vanuatu and Zambia.

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1, Commonwealth of Nations (English: Commonwealth of Nations) is an international organization, consisting of 53 independent sovereign countries (including dependent countries). Most members are former British colonies or protectorates. The head of the Commonwealth is Queen Elizabeth II, who is also the head of 16 Commonwealth countries, including Britain (nominally, she has no real power, and the British monarch has no right to interfere in all member countries. After the Queen's death, Britain's Crown Prince Charles will become the head of the Commonwealth.

After the First World War, the British power was weakened, the colonial people demanded independence one after another, and the national liberation movement rose. The contradiction between the native land and the dominion has also intensified day by day, and the colonial system has gradually disintegrated. In order to save the decline, 1926, Britain was forced to recognize the independence of the dominion in internal and external affairs. The dominion and the suzerain form a union with "* * * loyalty to the king", and both sides have equal rights and are not subordinate to each other.

193 1 year, the British Parliament passed the Westminster Act, approved the above-mentioned resolution, and determined that all the self-governing territories in Britain gained completely independent sovereignty. The British Empire existed in name only and the Commonwealth was formally formed. The Commonwealth is not a country and there is no central government. The king of England is only the nominal head of the Commonwealth, but he has no right to interfere in the internal affairs and diplomacy of other member States. The Commonwealth has no authority, and Britain and its member countries exchange high commissioners to represent diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. ?

2. The main organizations are: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Asia-Pacific Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Federal Finance Ministers Meeting and other ministerial professional meetings. The Commonwealth Secretariat was established in 1965, and its responsibility is to promote Commonwealth cooperation and plan Commonwealth meetings at all levels. The secretariat is located in London.

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