Decolonization - Post-colonial Organizations

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
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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