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The following two entities have declared themselves to be sovereign states and are in control of some territory but have limited or no recognition from other states. Neither entity is a member state of the United Nations, although the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a member of the African Union.
The name Mongolia means the "Land of the Mongols" in Latin. The Mongolian word "Mongol" (монгол) is of uncertain etymology.Sükhbataar (1992) and de la Vaissière (2021) proposed it being a derivation from Mugulü, the 4th-century founder of the Rouran Khaganate, [13] first attested as the 'Mungu', [14] (Chinese: 蒙兀, Modern Chinese Měngwù, Middle Chinese Muwngu), [15] a branch of ...
The member states of the African Union are the 55 sovereign states that have ratified or acceded to the Constitutive Act of the African Union to become member states to the African Union (AU). [1] The AU was the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), and AU membership was open to all OAU member states.
African Union (AU) member states have various forms of government. The Constitutive Act of the African Union makes no provision for what type of government a member state may or must have, but Article 30 states: Governments which shall come to power through unconstitutional means shall not be allowed to participate in the activities of the Union.
The individual member states of the African Union coordinate foreign policy through this agency, in addition to conducting their own international relations on a state-by-state basis. The AU represents the interests of African peoples at large in intergovernmental organisations (IGOs); for instance, it is a permanent observer at the United ...
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
The Inner Mongolian People's Party is a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization [82] and its leaders are attemptin to establish a sovereign state or merge Inner Mongolia with Mongolia. [citation needed] A Mongolic Ger
The six southern members which had joined Eastern Africa re-grouped, but Angola remained part of Central Africa. [11] [12] Sometime between 1979 and 1980, Sudan changed from the Northern Africa group to the Eastern Africa group. [a] In 1995, Angola changed from the Central Africa group to the Southern Africa group. [2]