Post-colonial Organizations
Due to a common history and culture, former colonial powers created institutions which more loosely associated their former colonies. Membership is voluntary, and in some cases can be revoked if a member state loses some objective criteria (usually a requirement for democratic governance). The organizations serve cultural, economic, and political purposes between the associated countries, although no such organization has become politically prominent as an entity in its own right.
Former Colonial Power | Organization | Founded |
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United Kingdom | Commonwealth of Nations | 1931 |
Commonwealth Realms | 1931 | |
Associated states | 1967 | |
France | French Union | 1946 |
French Community | 1958 | |
Francophonie | 1970 | |
Spain & Portugal | Latin Union | 1954 |
Organization of Ibero-American States | 1991 | |
Community of Portuguese Language Countries | 1996 | |
Russia | Commonwealth of Independent States | 1991 |
United States | Commonwealths | 1934 |
Freely Associated States | 1982 | |
Netherlands | De Nederlandse Taalunie | 1980 |
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