Commonwealth of Independent States
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in relation with International Trade
In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): An organization of II countries — including all former Soviet republics except Georgia and the Baltic states –established by the Alma-Ata Declaration of December 1991 to coordinate intercommonwealth relations and to provide a mechanism for the orderly dissolution of the USSR. The agreement pledged cooperation in forming and developing a united economic area and a common customs policy, and established the city of Minsk as the official location of the CIS coordinating bodies. Members include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Georgia, which became an “associated member” of the CIS in September 1993, declared its intention to become a full member of the Commonwealth. See also CIS Economic Union.
Definition of Commonwealth of Independent States
Within the context of international organizations, the following is a brief meaning of commonwealth of independent states: CIS is a confederation of independent states which were formerly the constituent republics of the Soviet Union. Commonwealth of independent states was established in 1991 following a summit in the Belo-Russian city of Bela-Russia (Belarus), Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova (Moldavia), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The administrative headquarters of the CIS is in the Belo-Russian city of Minks.
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
See CIS disambiguation page for other meanings of CIS
The Commonwealth of Independent States, abbreviated as CIS, was established at the end of 1991, in the wake of the end of the USSR. It is an association of states, which possesses coordinating powers in trade, finance, lawmaking, and security
The CIS is composed of eleven states:
Armenia (AM) Kazakhstan (KZ) Turkmenistan (TM)
Azerbaijan (AZ) Moldova (MD) Ukraine (UA)
Belarus (BY) the Russian Federation (RU) Uzbekistan (UZ)
the Kyrgyz Republic (KG) Tajikistan (TJ)
Commonwealth of Independent States (cis) and Europe
There is an entry on commonwealth of independent states (cis) in the European legal encyclopedia.
Commonwealth of Independent States and the European Union
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- International Organization
- Foreign Relations
- Intergovernmental Organization
- Regional Organization
- Regional Integration
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- CIS
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Further Reading
- Entry “Commonwealth of Independent States (cis)” in the work “A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union from Aachen to Zollverein”, by Rodney Leach (Profile Books; London)
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Further Information
Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
BRICS
European Union (EU)
Statistical Data
CIS-EU – statistics on international trade by CIS country
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- International Organization
Hierarchical Display of Commonwealth of Independent States
International Organisations > World organisations > World organisation
Geography > Political geography > CIS countries
Commonwealth of Independent States
Concept of Commonwealth of Independent States
See the dictionary definition of Commonwealth of Independent States.
Characteristics of Commonwealth of Independent States
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Translation of Commonwealth of Independent States
- Spanish: Comunidad de Estados Independientes
- French: Communauté des États indépendants
- German: Gemeinschaft Unabhängiger Staaten
- Italian: Comunità degli Stati indipendenti
- Portuguese: Comunidade de Estados Independentes
- Polish: Wspólnota Niepodległych Państw
Thesaurus of Commonwealth of Independent States
International Organisations > World organisations > World organisation > Commonwealth of Independent States
Geography > Political geography > CIS countries > Commonwealth of Independent States
See also
- NIS
- Newly Independent States
- CIS
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