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The criteria for inclusion on this list are limited to polities that claim sovereignty, lack recognition from at least one UN member state, and either: [15] [16] satisfy the declarative theory of statehood, or [17] [18] are recognised (constitutive theory) as a state by at least one UN member state. [19]
For a list of territorial disputes including these, see List of territorial disputes. A number of polities have declared independence and sought diplomatic recognition from the international community as sovereign states , but have not been universally recognised as such.
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 ...
India – Republic of India Capital: New Delhi: Widely recognized UN member state. India was a federation of twenty-eight states and nine union territories. Indian sovereignty over South Tibet was disputed by China. India administered part of the disputed region of Kashmir as the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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 following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states. The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a ...
List of countries and dependencies by number of police officers; List of countries that regulate the immigration of felons; List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers; List of serial killers by country; Allegations of apartheid by country; Capital punishment by country; Number of terrorist incidents ...
One internal territory with limited sovereignty in the listing for Norway; Aruba, a Dependent territory of the Netherlands in the Caribbean Dependent territories and their sovereign states. All territories are labeled according to ISO 3166-1 [note 1] or with numbers. [note 2] Coloured areas without labels are integral parts of their respective ...