Country (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Country" in English language version.

Last modified: 02:42:36, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

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4840web.archive.org

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amazonaws.com (Global: 3,611^th place; English: 2,190^th place)

openlearnlive-s3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com

The Badinter Arbitration Committee Archived 18 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine (full title), named for its chair, ruled on the question of whether the Republics of Croatia, Macedonia, and Slovenia, who had formally requested recognition by the members of the European Union and by the EU itself, had met conditions specified by the Council of Ministers of the European Community on 16 December 1991. "The Opinions of the Badinter Arbitration Committee: A Second Breath for the Self-Determination of Peoples". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Shaw, Malcolm Nathan (2003). International law (5th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-521-53183-2.

bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)

"Transnistria profile". BBC News. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
Savage, Jonathan (21 January 2018). "Why do names matter so much?". BBC News. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

USITC Publication. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
den Heijer, M.; van der Wilt, H. (2022). Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2020: Global Solidarity and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities. T.M.C. Asser Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-94-6265-527-0. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
Barnett, H. (2023). Constitutional and Administrative Law. Taylor & Francis. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-000-91065-0. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
Bedjaoui, M. (1991). International Law: Achievements and Prospects. Democracy and power. Springer Netherlands. p. 47]. ISBN 978-92-3-102716-1. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
Caspersen, N.; Stansfield, G. (2012). Unrecognized States in the International System. Exeter Studies in Ethno Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-136-84999-2. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
Castellino, Joshua (2000). International Law and Self-Determination: The Interplay of the Politics of Territorial Possession With Formulations of Post-Colonial National Identity. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 77. ISBN 90-411-1409-2.
Castellino, Joshua (2000). International Law and Self-Determination: The Interplay of the Politics of Territorial Possession With Formulations of Post-Colonial National Identity. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 77. ISBN 978-90-411-1409-9.
Hillier, Tim (1998). Sourcebook on Public International Law. Routledge. pp. 201–2. ISBN 978-1-85941-050-9.
Oppenheim, Lassa; Roxburgh, Ronald (2005). International Law: A Treatise. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-58477-609-3.
Talmon, S. (1998). Recognition of Governments in International Law: With Particular Reference to Governments in Exile. Oxford monographs in international law. Clarendon Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-19-826573-3. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
Harvey Chisick (2005). Historical Dictionary of the Enlightenment. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6548-8. Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2013.

britannica.com (Global: 37^th place; English: 64^th place)

Allcock, John B.; Lampe, John R.; Young, Antonia (20 July 1998). "History, Map, Flag, Population, Languages, & Capital". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
"States, Sovereignty, Treaties". Encyclopedia Britannica. 26 July 1999. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

cambridge.org (Global: 209^th place; English: 151^st place)

dictionary.cambridge.org

"country". Cambridge Dictionary. 28 February 2024. Archived from the original on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

cia.gov (Global: 133^rd place; English: 275^th place)

"National symbol(s)". CIA. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
"National anthem – The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

contractortalk.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Carrhart Made In Hong Kong?". ContractorTalk. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

delcampe.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Matchbox label, made in Hong Kong". delcampe.net. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Fowler, Michael Ross; Bunck, Julie Marie (1996). "What constitutes the sovereign state?". Review of International Studies. 22 (4). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 381–404. doi:10.1017/s0260210500118637. ISSN 0260-2105.
Khan, Themrise; Abimbola, Seye; Kyobutungi, Catherine; Pai, Madhukar (2022). "How we classify countries and people—and why it matters". BMJ Global Health. 7 (6) e009704. BMJ. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009704. ISSN 2059-7908. PMC 9185389.
Lucashenko, Melissa (1 January 2005). "Country: Being and belonging on aboriginal lands". Journal of Australian Studies. 29 (86): 7–12. doi:10.1080/14443050509388027. ISSN 1444-3058. S2CID 143550941.
Kyris, George (2022). "State recognition and dynamic sovereignty". European Journal of International Relations. 28 (2): 287–311. doi:10.1177/13540661221077441. ISSN 1354-0661.
HSE University; Bratersky, Maxim; Skriba, Andrei; HSE University; Sapogova, Arina; HSE University (1 November 2021). "The Struggle for Recognition or Enhancement of Satus: Conditions for the Stability and Development of Unrecognized States Using the Example of Eurasia". International Organisations Research Journal. 16 (3): 203–219. doi:10.17323/1996-7845-2021-03-09. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
Grzybowski, Janis (8 October 2019). "The paradox of state identification:de factostates, recognition, and the (re-)production of the international". International Theory. 11 (3). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 241–263. doi:10.1017/s1752971919000113. hdl:2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/405143. ISSN 1752-9719.
Lowe, Vaughan (26 November 2015). "Nations under law". International Law: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University PressOxford. p. 1–18. doi:10.1093/actrade/9780199239337.003.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-923933-7.
Cohen, Rosalyn (1961). "The Concept of Statehood in United Nations Practice". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 109 (8): 1127–1171. doi:10.2307/3310588. JSTOR 3310588. S2CID 56273534. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
Kelsen, Hans (1941). "Recognition in International Law: Theoretical Observations". The American Journal of International Law. 35 (4). American Society of International Law: 605–617. doi:10.2307/2192561. ISSN 0002-9300. JSTOR 2192561. S2CID 147309779.
Lauterpacht, H. (1944). "Recognition of States in International Law". The Yale Law Journal. 53 (3). The Yale Law Journal Company, Inc.: 385–458. doi:10.2307/792830. ISSN 0044-0094. JSTOR 792830.
D'Aspremont, Jean (29 August 2019). "Statehood and Recognition in International Law: A Post-Colonial Invention". The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2018. Oxford University Press. pp. 139–152. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190072506.003.0005. ISBN 978-0-19-007250-6.
Crawford, James R. (15 March 2007). The Creation of States in International Law. Oxford University Press. pp. 2–11. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199228423.003.0002. ISBN 978-0-19-922842-3.
Virmani 1999, p. 169. Virmani, Arundhati (August 1999). "National Symbols under Colonial Domination: The Nationalization of the Indian Flag, March-August 1923". Past & Present (164). Oxford University Press: 169–197. doi:10.1093/past/164.1.169. JSTOR 651278.
Paprotny, Dominik (14 September 2020). "Convergence Between Developed and Developing Countries: A Centennial Perspective". Social Indicators Research. 153 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 193–225. doi:10.1007/s11205-020-02488-4. ISSN 0303-8300. PMC 7487265. PMID 32952263.

duke.edu (Global: 1,851^st place; English: 1,041^st place)

scholarship.law.duke.edu

Matal, Joseph (1 December 1997). "A Revisionist History of Indian Country". Alaska Law Review. 14 (2): 283–352. ISSN 0883-0568. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

economist.com (Global: 331^st place; English: 272^nd place)

"In quite a state". The Economist. 8 April 2010. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

ejil.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

The Badinter Arbitration Committee Archived 18 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine (full title), named for its chair, ruled on the question of whether the Republics of Croatia, Macedonia, and Slovenia, who had formally requested recognition by the members of the European Union and by the EU itself, had met conditions specified by the Council of Ministers of the European Community on 16 December 1991. "The Opinions of the Badinter Arbitration Committee: A Second Breath for the Self-Determination of Peoples". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

eu.dk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Greenland and the Faroe Islands". The Danish Parliament – EU Information Centre. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

europa.eu (Global: 62^nd place; English: 100^th place)

style-guide.europa.eu

"Publications Office – Interinstitutional Style Guide – Annex A5 – List of countries, territories and currencies". publications.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
"Countries: Designations and abbreviations to use". Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

fao.org (Global: 428^th place; English: 480^th place)

"FAO Country Profiles". Food and Agriculture Organization. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

fiav.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Bartlett 2011, p. 31. Bartlett, Ralph G. C. (2011). Unity in Flags (PDF). 24th International Congress of Vexillology. Alexandria, Virginia: International Federation of Vexillological Associations. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
Xing 2013, p. 2. Xing, Fei (2013). The Study of Vexillology in China (PDF). 25th International Congress of Vexillology. Rotterdam: International Federation of Vexillological Associations. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

gov.uk (Global: 401^st place; English: 228^th place)

"Timeline of country name changes in HMG use: 1919 to present". GOV.UK.

hdl.handle.net (Global: 66^th place; English: 34^th place)

Grzybowski, Janis (8 October 2019). "The paradox of state identification:de factostates, recognition, and the (re-)production of the international". International Theory. 11 (3). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 241–263. doi:10.1017/s1752971919000113. hdl:2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/405143. ISSN 1752-9719.

hse.ru (Global: 4,618^th place; English: low place)

iorj.hse.ru

HSE University; Bratersky, Maxim; Skriba, Andrei; HSE University; Sapogova, Arina; HSE University (1 November 2021). "The Struggle for Recognition or Enhancement of Satus: Conditions for the Stability and Development of Unrecognized States Using the Example of Eurasia". International Organisations Research Journal. 16 (3): 203–219. doi:10.17323/1996-7845-2021-03-09. Retrieved 23 February 2026.

ic.gc.ca (Global: low place; English: 6,328^th place)

"Canadian Importers Database – Home". 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

ilsa.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

independent.co.uk (Global: 46^th place; English: 29^th place)

Harrison, Ellie (29 November 2022). "The history of the Welsh national anthem that's gripped the world". The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

iso.org (Global: 1,190^th place; English: 1,097^th place)

"ISO 3166 – Country Codes". ISO. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

iu.edu (Global: 3,497^th place; English: 2,025^th place)

mckinneylaw.iu.edu

Frederick Tse-shyang Chen. "HE MEANING OF "STATES" IN THE MEMBERSHIP PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2026.

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Geertz, Clifford (1997). "What is a Country if it is Not a Nation?". The Brown Journal of World Affairs. 4 (2): 235–247. ISSN 1080-0786. JSTOR 24590031.
Philpott, Daniel (1995). "Sovereignty: An Introduction and Brief History". Journal of International Affairs. 48 (2): 353–368. ISSN 0022-197X. JSTOR 24357595.
Cohen, Rosalyn (1961). "The Concept of Statehood in United Nations Practice". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 109 (8): 1127–1171. doi:10.2307/3310588. JSTOR 3310588. S2CID 56273534. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
Kelsen, Hans (1941). "Recognition in International Law: Theoretical Observations". The American Journal of International Law. 35 (4). American Society of International Law: 605–617. doi:10.2307/2192561. ISSN 0002-9300. JSTOR 2192561. S2CID 147309779.
Lauterpacht, H. (1944). "Recognition of States in International Law". The Yale Law Journal. 53 (3). The Yale Law Journal Company, Inc.: 385–458. doi:10.2307/792830. ISSN 0044-0094. JSTOR 792830.
Virmani 1999, p. 169. Virmani, Arundhati (August 1999). "National Symbols under Colonial Domination: The Nationalization of the Indian Flag, March-August 1923". Past & Present (164). Oxford University Press: 169–197. doi:10.1093/past/164.1.169. JSTOR 651278.

justice.gc.ca (Global: 3,261^st place; English: 2,011^th place)

laws-lois.justice.gc.ca

"Consolidated federal laws of canada, General Preferential Tariff and Least Developed Country Tariff Rules of Origin Regulations". 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.

merriam-webster.com (Global: 425^th place; English: 373^rd place)

"Definition of COUNTRY". Merriam-Webster. 29 February 2024. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Khan, Themrise; Abimbola, Seye; Kyobutungi, Catherine; Pai, Madhukar (2022). "How we classify countries and people—and why it matters". BMJ Global Health. 7 (6) e009704. BMJ. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009704. ISSN 2059-7908. PMC 9185389.
Paprotny, Dominik (14 September 2020). "Convergence Between Developed and Developing Countries: A Centennial Perspective". Social Indicators Research. 153 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 193–225. doi:10.1007/s11205-020-02488-4. ISSN 0303-8300. PMC 7487265. PMID 32952263.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Paprotny, Dominik (14 September 2020). "Convergence Between Developed and Developing Countries: A Centennial Perspective". Social Indicators Research. 153 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 193–225. doi:10.1007/s11205-020-02488-4. ISSN 0303-8300. PMC 7487265. PMID 32952263.

oup.com (Global: 292^nd place; English: 233^rd place)

academic.oup.com

"Recognition and its Variants". academic.oup.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
"Statehood and Recognition". academic.oup.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

ouplaw.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

opil.ouplaw.com

Samantha Besson. "Sovereignty". Oxford Public International Law. Retrieved 23 February 2026.

polgeonow.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"How Many Countries Are There in the World in 2026?". Political Geography Now. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 23 February 2026.

sciencefocus.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Saunders, Toby (22 December 2024). "How many countries are there in 2025?". BBC Science Focus Magazine. Retrieved 27 November 2025.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; English: 8^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Lucashenko, Melissa (1 January 2005). "Country: Being and belonging on aboriginal lands". Journal of Australian Studies. 29 (86): 7–12. doi:10.1080/14443050509388027. ISSN 1444-3058. S2CID 143550941.
Cohen, Rosalyn (1961). "The Concept of Statehood in United Nations Practice". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 109 (8): 1127–1171. doi:10.2307/3310588. JSTOR 3310588. S2CID 56273534. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
Kelsen, Hans (1941). "Recognition in International Law: Theoretical Observations". The American Journal of International Law. 35 (4). American Society of International Law: 605–617. doi:10.2307/2192561. ISSN 0002-9300. JSTOR 2192561. S2CID 147309779.

stanford.edu (Global: 194^th place; English: 182^nd place)

plato.stanford.edu

Miscevic, Nenad (29 November 2001). "Nationalism". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 3 November 2013.

statcan.gc.ca (Global: 285^th place; English: 201^st place)

"Standard Classification of Countries and Areas of Interest (SCCAI) 2017". Statistics Canada. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

state.gov (Global: 228^th place; English: 204^th place)

"United States Department of State". United States Department of State. 17 January 2024. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

theatlantic.com (Global: 322^nd place; English: 198^th place)

Nadler 2016. Nadler, Ben (14 June 2016). "Where Do Flags Come From?". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

theglobeandmail.com (Global: 336^th place; English: 179^th place)

Seguin, Denis (29 July 2011). "What makes a country?". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

thuytiencrampton.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Made In The British Crown Colony". Thuy-Tien Crampton. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.

trade.gov (Global: low place; English: 7,836^th place)

"Hong Kong & Macau". International Trade Administration. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

trademarkelite.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Product of Greenland Inland Ice Trademark of Inland Ice Denmark ApS. Application Number: 017910465 :: Trademark Elite Trademarks". Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

un.org (Global: 117^th place; English: 160^th place)

unyearbook.un.org

"United Nations General Assembly 15th Session – The Trusteeship System and Non-Self-Governing Territories (pages:509–510)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.

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"UNGEGN World Geographical Names". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

un.org

United Nations (20 September 2020). "What We Do". United Nations. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

unctad.org (Global: 7,424^th place; English: 5,929^th place)

"UN list of least developed countries". UNCTAD. 1 December 2023. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

uniset.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

H. H. Marshall. "United Kingdom Dependent Territories" (PDF). British Institute of International Law. Retrieved 23 February 2026.

upenn.edu (Global: 784^th place; English: 498^th place)

scholarship.law.upenn.edu

Cohen, Rosalyn (1961). "The Concept of Statehood in United Nations Practice". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 109 (8): 1127–1171. doi:10.2307/3310588. JSTOR 3310588. S2CID 56273534. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

usu.edu (Global: 5,967^th place; English: 3,457^th place)

artsci.usu.edu

University, Utah State. "Nations, States and Nation-States". USU. Retrieved 23 February 2026.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Recognition and its Variants". academic.oup.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
Seguin, Denis (29 July 2011). "What makes a country?". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
"Definition of COUNTRY". Merriam-Webster. 29 February 2024. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
"country". Cambridge Dictionary. 28 February 2024. Archived from the original on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
"In quite a state". The Economist. 8 April 2010. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
Matal, Joseph (1 December 1997). "A Revisionist History of Indian Country". Alaska Law Review. 14 (2): 283–352. ISSN 0883-0568. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
Allcock, John B.; Lampe, John R.; Young, Antonia (20 July 1998). "History, Map, Flag, Population, Languages, & Capital". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
"Greenland and the Faroe Islands". The Danish Parliament – EU Information Centre. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
"United Nations General Assembly 15th Session – The Trusteeship System and Non-Self-Governing Territories (pages:509–510)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
"Canadian Importers Database – Home". 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
"Consolidated federal laws of canada, General Preferential Tariff and Least Developed Country Tariff Rules of Origin Regulations". 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
"Made In The British Crown Colony". Thuy-Tien Crampton. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
"Matchbox label, made in Hong Kong". delcampe.net. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
"Carrhart Made In Hong Kong?". ContractorTalk. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
"Product of Greenland Inland Ice Trademark of Inland Ice Denmark ApS. Application Number: 017910465 :: Trademark Elite Trademarks". Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
"Hong Kong & Macau". International Trade Administration. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
Cohen, Rosalyn (1961). "The Concept of Statehood in United Nations Practice". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 109 (8): 1127–1171. doi:10.2307/3310588. JSTOR 3310588. S2CID 56273534. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
"Principles of the Recognition of States" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
"Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
"States, Sovereignty, Treaties". Encyclopedia Britannica. 26 July 1999. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
The Badinter Arbitration Committee Archived 18 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine (full title), named for its chair, ruled on the question of whether the Republics of Croatia, Macedonia, and Slovenia, who had formally requested recognition by the members of the European Union and by the EU itself, had met conditions specified by the Council of Ministers of the European Community on 16 December 1991. "The Opinions of the Badinter Arbitration Committee: A Second Breath for the Self-Determination of Peoples". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
"Statehood and Recognition". academic.oup.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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