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The criteria for inclusion in this list are similar to those of the list of states with limited recognition.To be included here, a polity must have claimed sovereignty, have not been recognized by at least one widely accepted state for a significant portion of its de facto existence, and either:
Some countries establishing diplomatic relations such as the United States have recognized the Cook Islands as a fully sovereign state, while some such as France have not. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] The Cook Islands are a member of nine United Nations specialized agencies , and the United Nations currently classifies the Cook Islands as a "non-member state ...
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 ...
List of active autonomist and secessionist movements, representing those nations which are currently part of a transnational state but would like to secede from the state. List of unrecognized states , representing those states which have declared independence, but whose independence has not been recognised by the majority of the international ...
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
Pages in category "Former unrecognized countries" The following 157 pages are in this category, out of 157 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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Rhodesia – Dissolved in 1979, now the country of Zimbabwe. Serbia and Montenegro – Dissolved in 2006, now the countries of Montenegro, Serbia, and the partially recognized Kosovo. Somali Republic – Dissolved in 1991, now the countries of Somalia and unrecognized Somaliland.