What countries are NOT formally recognised by the United Nations as being legitimate countries?
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There are lots; many more than could be listed here in any sort of reasonable manner.  The vast majority of them you'd have never heard of unless you were a micronations trivia buff.  \n\nSome of them, like Sealand, the Kingdom of Lovely, or Minerva are quasi-well known - mostly though they exist only in the minds of their King/President/Grand-High-Muckity-Muck.\n\nNote too, that these countries are generally recognized by nobody - not the UN, not the US, not the EU, Canada, China, or any other place.  Some of them have established 'treaties' with other micronations and recognise each other - often to the exclusion of recognizing UN-recognised countries.\n\nThose are the only 'countries' that are not recognized as such by the UN and others.  There is also a classification of 'proto-states' which have much more legitimacy than the micronations, but due to forces historical, military, or political, arn't currently recognised as anything more than Countries-in-Training, or nations within a state.  Some of these (though it's not an exclusive list, and there is wide disagreement on what to include and what not to include) are: Taiwan, Palestine, Tibet, Kurdistan, Gibraltar, and others.\n\nVery occasionally (as with East Timor) these proto-states will eventually break free of whatever is holding them back and achieve recognition.
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Trinidad & Tobago, Togo, Angola, Ivory Coast, Czech Republic and Ukraine. 6 countries.
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The United Nations is a global government to which 191 nations belong. Your question makes no sense because there already is a "global government."
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Can we say Africa? And I dont think that the UN gave any money to help Rwanda after their civil war against the Tutsis or Hutus. I could be wrong about that one.
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No it does not.  Here is a list of countries that do.
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There are 192 countries in the world.  All of which meet eight criteria.\n\nTaiwan meets most, but not all of the requirements of independent country or state status. However, due to political reasons, it fails to be recognized by the United States and much of the rest of the world. If it were recognized, it would be considered a country. \n\nThis would bring the total to 193.
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There 192 countries... here is a full list.  191 of these countries are part of the united nations, and the 1 country that is seperate is vatican city.\n\nA | Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | Andorra | Angola | Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina | Armenia | Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | \nB | Bahamas | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Barbados | Belarus | Belize | Belgium | Benin | Bhutan | Bolivia | Botswana | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Brazil | Brunei | Bulgaria | Burkina Faso | Burundi | \nC | Cambodia | Cameroon | Canada | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Chile | China | China: Hong Kong | China: Macau | China: Taiwan | Colombia | Comoros | Congo | Costa Rica | Côte d'Ivoire | Croatia | Cuba | Cyprus | Czech Republic | \nD | Denmark | Djibouti | Dominica | Dominican Republic | \nE | East Timor | Ecuador | Egypt | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Estonia | Ethiopia | \nF | Fijii | Finland | France | French Guiana | \nG | Gabon | The Gambia | Gaza Strip | Germany | Georgia | Ghana | Greece | Grenada | Guatemala | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Guyana | \nH | Haiti | Holy See (Vatican City) | Honduras | Hong Kong | Hungary | \nI | Iceland | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Ireland (Eire) | Ireland (Northern) | Israel | Italy | \nJ | Jamaica | Japan | Jordan | \nK | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Korea, North | Korea, South | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | \nL | Laos - | Latvia - | Lebanon - | Lesotho - | Liberia - | Libya - | Lithuania | Luxembourg - | \nM | Macao | Macedonia | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Mali | Malta | Marshall Islands | Mauritania | Mauritius | Micronesia | Moldova | Monaco | Mongolia | Morocco | Mexico | Mozambique | Myanmar (Burma) | \nN | Namibia (1) | Nauru | Nepal (1) | Netherlands (11+5) | New Zealand (10) | Nicaragua | Niger (1) | Nigeria (1) | Norway (4) | \nO | Oman (1) | \nP | Panama | Peru | Pakistan | Papua New Guinea | Palau | Poland | Portugal | \nQ | Qatar (1) | \nR | Romania | Russia | Rwanda | \nS | St. Kitts and Nevis - | Saint Lucia - | St. Vincent and the Grenadines - | Samoa (1) | San Marino - | São Tomé and Príncipe - | Saudi Arabia (1) | Senegal (2) | Serbia and Montenegro (2) | Seychelles - | Sierra Leone - | Singapore (4) | Slovakia (2) | Slovenia (2) | Solomon Islands - | Somalia - | South Africa (23) | Spain (3) | Sri Lanka (3) | Sudan (2) | Suriname - | Swaziland (1) | Sweden (10) | Switzerland (10) | Syria - | \nT | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Togo | Thailand | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey | Turkmenistan | Tuvalu | \nU | Uganda (2) | Ukraine (8) | United Arab Emirates (1) | United Kingdom (72) | United States of America (317) | Uruguay (2) | Uzbekistan (1) | \nV | Venezuela | Vietnam | Vatican City\nW | West Bank (3) | Western Sahara | \nX | \nY | Yemen | Yugoslavia now Serbia & Montenegro | \nZ | Zaire now Congo, Democratic Republic of | Zambia (1) | Zimbabwe (1) |
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Did you even TRY to go the United Nations website before you asked this?  Anyone who replies with a full list is a fool - though I know you'll find one.\n\nDon't be lazy.
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Zimbabwe, North Korea, Belarus, Cuba, Iran,...\n\nhttp://www.arthuredelstein.org/worlddictators/\n\nItaly has been a democratic republic since June 2, 1946.
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By Most Accounts, 193 is the Correct Answer\n\nA very frequent geographical question is "How many countries are in the world?." Different numbers pop up when one inquires or reads about the number of countries in the world. Each source you use often yields a different answer.\nUnited Nations\n\nThere are 191 members of the United Nations. Unfortunately, the number 191 is too often used to represent the number of countries in the world. Although this number represents almost all of the countries in the world, there is still one country (the Vatican City) that is independent and has chosen not to become a member of the U.N.\n\nU.S. Department of State\n\nThe United States' State Department recognizes 192 independent countries around the world. \n\nTheir list of 192 countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America and its allies. Missing from the State Department's list is one entity that may or may not be considered a country, depending on who you talk to.\nThe One Outsider\n\nTaiwan meets most of the requirements of independent country or state status. However, due to political reasons, it fails to be recognized by the United States and much of the rest of the world.\n\nTaiwan was actually a member of the United Nations (and even the Security Council) until 1971, when mainland China replaced Taiwan in the organization. Taiwan continues to press for full recognition by other countries, to become "part of the club" and fully recognized worldwide but China claims that Taiwan is simply a province of China.\n\nThus...\n\nYour Guide considers there to be 193 countries, which is probably the best current answer to the question, "How many countries are in the world?" unless Taiwan is officially absorbed into China at some point, in which case the answer would be 192.\n\nHowever...\n\nRecognize that there are dozens of territories and colonies that are sometimes erroneously called "countries" but don't count at all - they're governed by other countries. Places commonly confused as being countries include Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Greenland, Western Sahara, and even the components of the United Kingdom (such as Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England - sorry folks, they're not countries, states, or nation-states).
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Afghanistan -- (19 Nov. 1946)\nAlbania -- (14 Dec. 1955)\nAlgeria -- (8 Oct. 1962)\nAndorra -- (28 July 1993)\nAngola -- (1 Dec. 1976)\nAntigua and Barbuda -- (11 Nov. 1981)\nArgentina -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nArmenia -- (2 Mar. 1992)\nAustralia -- (1 Nov. 1945)\nAustria-- (14 Dec. 1955)\nAzerbaijan -- (2 Mar. 1992)\nBahamas -- (18 Sep. 1973)\nBahrain -- (21 Sep. 1971)\nBangladesh -- (17 Sep. 1974)\nBarbados -- (9 Dec. 1966)\nBelarus -- (24 Oct. 1945)\n\nOn 19 September 1991, Byelorussia informed the United Nations that it had changed its name to Belarus.  \n\nBelgium -- (27 Dec. 1945)\nBelize -- (25 Sep. 1981)\nBenin -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nBhutan -- (21 Sep. 1971)\nBolivia -- (14 Nov. 1945)\nBosnia and Herzegovina -- (22 May 1992)\n\nThe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.\nThe Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/237 of 22 May 1992. \n \n\nBotswana -- (17 Oct. 1966)\nBrazil -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nBrunei Darussalam -- (21 Sep. 1984)\nBulgaria -- (14 Dec. 1955)\nBurkina Faso -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nBurundi -- (18 Sep. 1962)\nCambodia -- (14 Dec. 1955)\nCameroon -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nCanada -- (9 Nov. 1945)\nCape Verde -- (16 Sep. 1975)\nCentral African Republic -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nChad -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nChile -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nChina -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nColombia -- (5 Nov. 1945)\nComoros -- (12 Nov. 1975)\nCongo (Republic of the) -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nCosta Rica -- (2 Nov. 1945)\nCôte d'Ivoire -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nCroatia -- (22 May 1992)\n\nThe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.\nThe Republic of Croatia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/238 of 22 May 1992. \n \n\nCuba -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nCyprus -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nCzech Republic -- (19 Jan. 1993)\n\nCzechoslovakia was an original Member of the United Nations from 24 October 1945. In a letter dated 10 December 1992, its Permanent Representative informed the Secretary-General that the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic would cease to exist on 31 December 1992 and that the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, as successor States, would apply for membership in the United Nations. Following the receipt of its application, the Security Council, on 8 January 1993, recommended to the General Assembly that the Czech Republic be admitted to United Nations membership. The Czech Republic was thus admitted on 19 January of that year as a Member State.  \n\nDemocratic People's Republic of Korea -- (17 Sep. 1991)\nDemocratic Republic of the Congo -- (20 Sep. 1960)\n\nZaire joined the United Nations on 20 September 1960. On 17 May 1997, its name was changed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. \n\nDenmark -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nDjibouti -- (20 Sep. 1977)\nDominica -- (18 Dec. 1978)\nDominican Republic -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nEcuador -- (21 Dec. 1945)\nEgypt -- (24 Oct. 1945)\n\nEgypt and Syria were original Members of the United Nations from 24 October 1945. Following a plebiscite on 21 February 1958, the United Arab Republic was established by a union of Egypt and Syria and continued as a single Member. On 13 October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent State, resumed its separate member
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Total no. of countries/nations in the World: 271\n\nApart from this, there are regions that aren't really countries but just sort of "areas" under the protection of / dependent on actual countries who are near them e.g. some islands where people live and are clearly "one type of ppl" but they don't fly a flag or have a president or anything that we consider normal.
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the previous answer misses out, Italy, Denmark, Austria,  Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Finland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Tunisia, and of course Russia. There's more, LIchtenstein, Luxembourg, San Marino, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia, the list goes on. The Channel Islands, Sicily, Crete.
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1. Countries Of The World\nEstimates of the number of countries in the world vary, depending on how a ‘country’ (‘nation’, ‘state’) is defined. At the beginning of 2004 there were 191 countries in the United Nations. A further three clearly independent countries do not have UN membership: Republic of China (Taiwan), Switzerland, Vatican City. Another seven claim independence, most having some degree of sovereignty - Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, Abkhazia, Bougainville, Chechnya, Dniestria, and Sahara. Several other territories (eg Aruba, Greenland, Isle of Man) have some degree of identity, with their own flags, postage stamps, uniforms, etc, and there are many groups claiming territorial autonomy amidst conflict in various parts of the world (eg Nagorno Karabakh, Krajina, Kosovo). The situation continues to change, as fresh political realities emerge (eg in South Africa, Palestine, and former USSR and Yugoslavia).\n\nSource: Crystal Reference Encyclopedia, © Crystal Reference Systems Limited 2006\n2. Nationalism\nA political doctrine which views the nation as the principal unit of political organization. Underlying this is the assumption that human beings hold the characteristic of nationality, with which they identify culturally, economically, and politically. A primary aim of nationalists, therefore, is to secure the right to belong to an independent state based on a particular national grouping. Nationalism is thus associated with attempts by national groupings to secure independence from dominance by other nation-states and to maintain that position against threats to it. It is often associated with the struggle against colonialism. More broadly, nationalism can be seen as a general political stance which holds that the principal aim of political activity should be to serve the national interest as opposed to that of a particular class or grouping. In practice, the national interest is, except in extreme cases such as war, open to different interpretations, and nationalism is often no more than an attempt to give legitimacy to a particular political standpoint. Nationalism, with the exception of anti-colonial movements, is based around a conservative, and sometimes romantic political philosophy that emphasizes the nation's past.\nSelf-determination\nA doctrine dating back to the 18th-c that cultural communities and national groupings have the right to determine their own destiny, including political independence and the right to self-rule. The principle that each nation has the right to fashion its own state is incorporated in the United Nations Charter, and is a major plank in anti-colonialism\n\n4.no. vary....political, monarcy, communist, democration, regimist, etc\n5. money, egoisme, nationalisme, power\n6. look at United Nations (un) resource\nAn organization formed to maintain world peace and foster international co-operation, formally established on 24 October 1945 with 51 founder countries. Its permanent headquarters are in New York. The UN Charter, which was drafted during the war by the USA, UK, and USSR, remains virtually unaltered despite the growth in membership and activities. There are six ‘principal organs’. The General Assembly is the plenary body which controls much of the UN's work, supervises the subsidiary organs, sets priorities, and debates major issues of international affairs. The 15-member Security Council is dominated by the five permanent members (China, France, Russia, UK, and USA) who each have the power of veto over any resolutions; the remaining 10 are elected for 2-year periods. The primary role of the Council is to maintain international peace and security; its decisions, unlike those of the General Assembly, are binding on all other members. It is empowered to order mandatory sanctions, call for ceasefires, and establish peacekeeping forces (these forces were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1988). The use of the veto has prevented it from intervening in a number
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I don't know. I guess there is no way for us to know which country signed first because they agreed upon it simultaneously. Unless you want to know by fact, who was the first representative to jot down a signature! Haha, I really don't know. But all I know is that, only Somalia and the United States have not ratified the CRC. Somalia is currently unable to proceed to ratification as it has no recognized government.
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UN is a joke corrupted by France, Germany, Russia, China.
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There are 71 nations participating. Here they are:\n\nAnguilla | Antigua and Barbuda | Australia | Bahamas | Bangladesh | Barbados | Belize | Bermuda | Botswana | British Virgin Islands | Brunei Darussalam | Cameroon | Canada | Cayman Islands | Cook Islands | Cyprus | Dominica | England | Falkland Islands | Fiji | Gambia, The | Ghana | Gibraltar | Grenada | Guernsey | Guyana | India | Isle of Man | Jamaica | Jersey | Kenya | Kiribati | Lesotho | Malawi | Malaysia | Maldives | Malta | Mauritius | Montserrat | Mozambique | Namibia | Nauru | New Zealand | Nigeria | Niue | Norfolk Island | Northern Ireland | Pakistan | Papua New Guinea | Saint Helena | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Samoa | Scotland | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Solomon Islands | South Africa | Sri Lanka | Swaziland | Tanzania, United Republic of | Tonga | Trinidad and Tobago | Turks and Caicos Islands | Tuvalu | Uganda | Vanuatu | Wales | Zambia