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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...
Initially, the Group was known as the Asian Group. [8] However, by the 1970s, Pacific island nations were gaining independence and joining the group. By the mid-2000s the number of Pacific island nations in the group had reached over one fifth of the membership, so they began to advocate for a change of name of the Group.
Map depicts sovereign states and a de facto state (tw) fully located on islands: those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue. Countries/territories not shown on the map: Antarctica (aq) (continental disputed territory), Australia (au) (continental country), the Cook Islands (ck) and Niue (nu) (free association with New Zealand), Greenland (gl) (constituent country ...
While maintaining a close constitutional and political relationship with New Zealand, both states have full treaty-making capacity and are members of several United Nations specialized agencies. Both independently engage in diplomatic relations with sovereign states under their own name, and are full members of the Pacific Islands Forum ...
The Asia–Pacific (APAC) is the region of the world adjoining the western Pacific Ocean. The region's precise boundaries vary depending on context, but countries and territories in Australasia , East Asia , and Southeast Asia are often included.
A lake island at , just north of the Yukon–Alaska Highway border crossing; Two islands in a small lake at , 8.2 km south of the Yukon–Alaska Highway border crossing; Several rocky islets in a small lake on the Okanogan County, Washington/British Columbia border at ; An island in a small lake on the Okanogan County, Washington/British ...
The US is formally establishing diplomatic relations with a pair of Pacific Island nations Monday, recognizing the Cook Islands and Niue for the first time. ... to protecting maritime borders and ...
Anguilla / Aruba / Bonaire / British Virgin Islands / Cayman Islands / Montserrat / Navassa Island / Puerto Rico / Saba / St. Eustatius / United States Virgin Islands: Caspian Sea: Eastern / Northern: Asia / Europe: Azerbaijan / Iran / Kazakhstan / Russia / Turkmenistan: East China Sea: Eastern / Northern: Pacific: Asia: China / Japan / South ...