Official designation of the former republics of the Soviet Union that remained loosely federated in economic and security matters after the Soviet Union disbanded as a unified state in 1991. Members in 1996 were Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Created on December 8, 1991, with the signing of the Minsk Agreement by Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. The Alma-Ata Declaration, signed by eleven heads of state on December 21, 1991, expanded membership in the CIS to all other former Soviet republics except Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Moldova joined the CIS in April 1994. The CIS is a confederation of former Soviet republics in which "coordinating bodies" oversee common interests in the economy, foreign policy, and defense of its members.
an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
Chapter VII UN Charter. This chapter is invoked by UNSC Resolution 1199 which covers actions with respect to the peace, breaches of the peace, and acts of aggression. CONTACT GROUP A monitoring and compliance group on the conflict in the former Yugoslavia involving France, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, Russia and the US. Meetings are held from the Foreign Minister level on down to the working level.
A loosely connected group of 15 former Soviet Union states including Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. p. 91
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (in Russian: СодружеÑтво ÐезавиÑимых ГоÑударÑтв (СÐГ) - Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv) is the international organization, or , consisting of 11 former Soviet Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan discontinued permanent membership as of August 26 2005 and is now an associate member.
