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  2. Sweden and the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    Sweden is one of few member nations which meets or exceeds United Nations humanitarian aid spending target of 0.7% of GDP. [3] In 2017, Swedish aid spending amounted to 1.4% of its GDP . [ 4 ] The country has held a non-permanent seat in the Security Council four times, most recently between 2017 and 2018.

  3. List of European countries by membership in international ...

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    1 These countries are currently not participating in the EU's single market (EEA), but the EU has common external Customs Union agreements with Turkey (EU-Turkey Customs Union in force since 1995), Andorra (since 1991) and San Marino (since 2002). Monaco participates in the EU customs union through its relationship with France; its ports are ...

  4. Special territories of members of the European Economic Area

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    When the Republic of Cyprus became part of the European Union on 1 May 2004, the northern third of the island was outside of the effective control of its government due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, a United Nations buffer zone of varying width separated the two parts, and a further 3% of the island was taken up by UK sovereign bases ...

  5. European Union and the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The European Union (EU) has permanent observer status at the United Nations (UN) since 1974, and gained enhanced participation rights in 2011. The EU itself does not have voting rights but it is represented alongside its 27 members , one of which, France , is a permanent member of the Security Council .

  6. List of country groupings - Wikipedia

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    United Nations (UN), an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation, 193 member states. United States of Poland: Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine; Union State, a Supranational union made up of Russia and Belarus. UNASUR: Union of South American Nations.

  7. Member states of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. 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) 17 non-self-governing territories ...

  8. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe

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    The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...

  9. Eastern European Group - Wikipedia

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    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.