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The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Europe, created by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). [1] The scheme subdivides the continent into Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, and Western Europe. The UNSD notes that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific ...
The Eastern European Group in 2012, with the years each member spent in the United Nations Security Council, including former members represented as outlines. The Group of Eastern European States (EEG) is one of the five United Nations regional groups and is composed of 23 Member States from Eastern, Central and Southern Europe.
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 ]
A map showing from which countries from the Eastern European Group has there been elected a President of the United Nations General Assembly as of September 2017 Members of the Western European and Others Group colour-coded for the number of years each spent on the Security Council as of 2010
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 solidification of the idea of an "Eastern Europe" dates back chiefly to the (French) Enlightenment. [21] There are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region". [8] A related United Nations paper adds that "every assessment of spatial identities is essentially a social and cultural construct". [22]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 January 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. For the League of Nations, see Member states of the League of Nations. 193 United Nations member states 2 UN General Assembly observer states (the Holy See [a] and the State of Palestine) 2 eligible non-member states (the Cook Islands and Niue ...
The United Nations geoscheme, created by the United Nations Statistics Division. For statistical consistency and convenience, each country or area is shown in one continental subregion only. For example, Russia (a transcontinental country in both Eastern Europe and Northern Asia) has been included in Eastern Europe only