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It was perhaps in this spirit that British politician Lord Rosebery, visiting Adelaide in Australia in 1884, called the empire ‘a Commonwealth of nations’. Australia achieved dominion status when its states united as the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. New Zealand followed in 1907, South Africa in 1910, and the Irish Free State in 1921.
Commonwealth celebrates 50 years. 26 April 1999 marked the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of London where leaders agreed that Commonwealth members are “free and equal members of the Commonwealth of Nations, freely co-operating in the pursuit of peace, liberty and progress”. 1999.
Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations. The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 56 sovereign states. Most of them were British colonies or dependencies of those colonies . No government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as is the case in a political union. Rather, the Commonwealth is an international ...
元々は 1926年 の帝国会議での バルフォア宣言 によって イギリス連邦 [8] （ British Commonwealth of Nations ）として設立され、 1931年 には ウェストミンスター憲章 でイギリスによって正式に制定された。. 現在のコモンウェルスは 1949年 の ロンドン宣言 （ 英語版 ...
Sep 12, 2022 · The Commonwealth of Nations was born out of the slow disintegration of the British Empire, which covered a fifth of the world’s surface at its peak in the late 19th century. Its holdings spanned ...
For the full article, see Commonwealth . Commonwealth, or Commonwealth of Nations, Free association of sovereign states consisting of Britain and many of its former dependencies who have chosen to maintain ties of friendship and cooperation. It was established in 1931 by the Statute of Westminster as the British Commonwealth of Nations.
Aug 24, 2017 · Profile: Commonwealth of Nations. Formerly known as the British Commonwealth, the Commonwealth of Nations is a loose association of former British colonies and current dependencies, along with ...
