Since membership of the Commonwealth is entirely voluntary, any member can withdraw at any time.

India's membership of the Commonwealth entitles him to be a member.

No doubt the Americans look upon these matters in a different way from those of us who are blessed by membership of the British Commonwealth.

The criteria for membership of the Commonwealth of Nations have developed over time from a series of separate documents.

Countries which become republics are still eligible for membership of the Commonwealth so long as they are deemed democratic.

Nowhere is that respect higher than within the membership of the Commonwealth.

The Act also had the effect of automatically terminating the state's membership of the Commonwealth.

The Republic, which retains membership of the Commonwealth, is a one-party state with an executive President.

The solitary condition of membership of the embryonic Commonwealth was that a state be a Dominion.

Her theme was the opportunities arising from membership of the Commonwealth of Nations.