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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 ...
Map depicts sovereign states and a de facto state (tw) fully located on islands: those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue. Countries/territories not shown on the map: Antarctica (aq) (continental disputed territory), Australia (au) (continental country), the Cook Islands (ck) and Niue (nu) (free association with New Zealand), Greenland (gl) (constituent country ...
The Bahamas, Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines are the five original sovereign states that obtained approval in the UNCLOS signed in Montego Bay, Jamaica on 10 December 1982 and qualified as the archipelagic states. [2] [3] An archipelagic state can designate the waters between the islands as sovereign archipelagic waters.
Initially, the Group was known as the Asian Group. [8] However, by the 1970s, Pacific island nations were gaining independence and joining the group. By the mid-2000s the number of Pacific island nations in the group had reached over one fifth of the membership, so they began to advocate for a change of name of the Group.
The metropolitan territory of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland form the three constituent countries of the Kingdom. [v] The Kingdom of Denmark as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law (in most cases) does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland. See Greenland and the European Union, and Faroe Islands and the European Union. [20 ...
The island of Borneo is divided administratively by three countries. The independent sultanate of Brunei (main part and eastern exclave of Temburong) The Indonesian provinces of East, South, West, North and Central Kalimantan, in Kalimantan; The East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, as well as the Federal Territory of Labuan (on offshore ...
Mongolia (official English full name; Mongolian referred to as Mongol Uls, literally translated as "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia") (1992–present) Myanmar: Thaton Kingdom (300s BC – 1057) Divided in many Pyu city-states (c. 200 BC – c. 1050 AD) Bagan Kingdom (849–1297)(In c. 1060, unified all city states in what is today Myanmar
The continental territory of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland form the three constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Danish Realm. [z] The Kingdom of Denmark as a whole is a member of the EU, but EU law does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland. [56] [57] Estonia – Republic of Estonia UN member state None Member of the EU ...