To: LarryS who wrote (7730 ) 11/24/1998 2:30:00 PM From: aknahow Respond to of 17367
It's bigger than I thought. Can't find a site that explains benefits and obligations of membership. Must be some real benefits or I doubt so many nations that fought so hard to get rid of the Brits would want to maintain the relationship. Countries of the Commonwealth 1.Antigua & Barbuda 2.Australia External Territories: Norfolk Island, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands 3.Bahamas 4.Bangladesh 5.Barbados 6.Belize 7.Botswana 8.Britain Dependent Territories: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, St. Helena and St. Helena Dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha), South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, and Turks and Caicos Islands 9.Brunei Darassulam 10.Cameroon 11.Canada 12.Cyprus 13.Dominica 14.Fiji 15.The Gambia 16.Ghana 17.Grenada 18.Guyana 19.India 20.Jamaica 21.Kenya 22.Kiribati 23.Lesotho 24.Malawi 25.Malaysia 26.Maldives 27.Malta 28.Mauritius 29.Mozambique 30.Namibia 31.Nauru 32.New Zealand Includes the Territories of Tokelau and the Ross Dependency (Antartic). Self-Governing Countries in Free Association with New Zealand: Cook Islands and Niue. 33.Nigeria 34.Pakistan 35.Papua New Guinea 36.St. Kitts & Nevis 37.St. Lucia 38.St. Vincent & the Grenadines 39.Samoa 40.Seychelles 41.Sierra Leone 42.Singapore 43.Solomon Islands 44.South Africa 45.Sri Lanka 46.Swaziland 47.Tanzania 48.Tonga 49.Trinidad & Tobago 50.Tuvalu 51.Uganda 52.Vanuatu 53.Zambia 54.Zimbabwe Copyright: The Commonwealth Foundation Commonwealth Foundation Home Page