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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 ...
The United Nations geoscheme subdivides the region into Australia and New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories". [1]
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1] It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification . [ 2 ]
Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. It shares a head of state with New Zealand as well as having shared citizenship, but is independent in its internal affairs. English: Cook Islands Cook Islands Māori: Kūki 'Āirani: Avarua [22] [24] 11,124 [30] 236 km 2 (91 sq mi) Niue [22] Self-governing in free association with New Zealand
New Zealand: UN member state None New Zealand is a Commonwealth realm, [ai] and has one dependent territory and one claimed Antarctic dependent territory of: Tokelau Ross Dependency; The Realm of New Zealand has responsibilities for (but no rights of control over) two freely associated states: Cook Islands Niue
The list also includes two states in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Niue, as well as two states with limited diplomatic recognition which have de facto control over territories entirely on the islands, Northern Cyprus and Taiwan. [2] In total, 50 island countries have been included in the lists.
The monarch of New Zealand, personally represented by the governor-general of New Zealand, is the head of state throughout the Realm of New Zealand.The New Zealand monarchy is unitary throughout all jurisdictions in the realm with the headship of state being a part of all equally. [6]
New Zealand is often mistakenly omitted from world maps due to the country's physical geographic isolation, relatively small size (compared to Australia), and its positioning on the extreme bottom-right in many map projections such as the Mercator. [120] [121] The phenomenon has been popularly referenced and has a dedicated Reddit community ...