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The Commonwealth was first officially formed in 1926 when the Balfour Declaration of the Imperial Conference recognised the full sovereignty of Dominions. Known as the "British Commonwealth", the original and therefore earliest members were Australia, Canada, the Irish Free State, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
Mauritius, [a] officially the Republic of Mauritius, [b] is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000 kilometres (1,100 nautical miles) off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals).
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the supreme court of 14 Commonwealth countries, including the Cook Islands and Niue which are under the Realm of New Zealand (though New Zealand itself does not make appeals to the Privy Council). [77]
New Zealand is a Commonwealth realm, [g] and has one dependent territory and one claimed Antarctic dependent territory: Tokelau Ross Dependency; The New Zealand Government acts for the entire Realm of New Zealand in all international contexts, which has responsibilities for (but no rights of control over) two freely associated states: Cook Islands
This is a list of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations by population, ... Table. Rank Country (or dependent territory) July 1, 2015 ... New Zealand: 4,579,000 ...
The Commonwealth, formerly Indeed, the royal monarch was an important symbolic figure in countries far and wide, due to her role as head of the Commonwealth. But wait, what countries are part of ...
Cook Islands and Niue, two associated states of New Zealand without UN membership; In italics: non-sovereign territories that are recognized by the UN as part of some member state Dependent territories; Special territories recognized by international treaty (such as the special administrative regions of China)
ANZ: Australia and New Zealand [2] ANZUK: trilateral relations between Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. APAC: Asia-Pacific; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region; APJ: Asia Pacific and Japan [3] APMA: Asia Pacific, Middle ...