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| DATE | NATION | 
| 11 december 1931 | United Kingdom | 
| Canada | |
| Australia | |
| New Zealand | |
| South-Africa (suspended 1961-94) | |
| Ireland (until 1949) | |
| Newfoundland (until 1949) | |
| 14 october 1947 | Pakistan (out 1972-1989) | 
| 15 october 1947 | India | 
| 4 february 1948 | Sry Lanka | 
| 6 march 1957 | Ghana | 
| 31 august 1957 | Malaysia | 
| 1 october 1960 | Nigeria (suspended 1995-99) | 
| 13 march 1961 | Cyprus | 
| 27 april 1961 | Sierra Leone | 
| 9 december 1961 | Tanzania | 
| 6 august 1962 | Jamaica | 
| 31 august 1962 | Trinidad and Tobago | 
| 9 october 1962 | Uganda | 
| 12 december 1963 | Kenya | 
| 6 july 1964 | Malawi | 
| 21 september 1964 | Malta | 
| 24 october 1964 | Zambia | 
| 18 february 1965 | Gambia | 
| 15 october 1965 | Singapur | 
| 26 may 1966 | Guyana | 
| 30 september 1966 | Botswana | 
| 4 october 1966 | Lesotho | 
| 30 november1966 | Barbados | 
| 12 march 1968 | Mauritius | 
| 6 september 1968 | Swaziland | 
| november 1968 | Nauru | 
| 4 june 1970 | Tonga | 
| 28 august 1970 | Western Samoa | 
| 10 octobet 1970 | Fiji | 
| 18 april 1972 | Bangladesh | 
| 10 july 1973 | Bahamas | 
| 7 february 1974 | Grenada | 
| 16 september 1975 | Papua New Guinea | 
| 28 june 1976 | Seichelles | 
| 7 july 1978 | Salomon Islands | 
| 1 october 1978 | Tuvalu | 
| 3 november 1978 | Dominica | 
| 22 february 1979 | S.Lucia | 
| 12 july 1979 | Kiribati | 
| 27 october 1979 | S.Vincent and Grenadine | 
| 18 april 1980 | Zimbabwe (until 2003) | 
| 30 july 1980 | Vanuatu | 
| 21 september 1981 | Belize | 
| 1 november 1981 | Antigua and Barbuda | 
| 9 july 1982 | Maldive (until 2016) | 
| 19 september 1983 | S.Kittis and Nevis | 
| 1 january1984 | Brunei | 
| 21 march 1990 | Namibia | 
| 1 november 1995 | Camerun | 
| 12 november 1995 | Mozambique | 
| 2009 | Rwanda |