 The 1992 Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level from the Council of Europe, is opened to signatures and ratifications.Then there is the Council Directive 94/80/EG from the 19th of December 1994 defining to which political organs other EU citizen can vote.The Commonwealth of Nations (CN), usually known as the "Commonwealth" and formerly as the "British Commonwealth", is a voluntary association of over 50 independent sovereign states, most of which are former colonies of the British Empire.