List of sovereign states in 1971

Sovereign states by year
List of sovereign states in 1970 Events of 1971 List of sovereign states in 1972

Internationally recognized sovereign states

A

B

C

Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire Democratic Republic of the Congo / Zaire

Côte d'Ivoire → Ivory Coast

D

E

Egypt → United Arab Republic

F

G

H

Holy See → Vatican City

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

 Sierra Leone

Sri Lanka → Ceylon

T

Taiwan → China, Republic of

U

Egypt Egypt United Arab Republic / Egypt

V

W

Y

Z

Zaire → Congo, Democratic Republic of

Zimbabwe-Rhodesia → Rhodesia

Non-sovereign territories

Antigua

Australia

Denmark

Finland

France

Greece

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Portugal

United Kingdom

United States

Other entities

Excluded from the list above are the following noteworthy entities which either were not fully sovereign or did not claim to be independent:

References

  1. Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, and Fujairah became fully independent states when the British Protectorate over the Trucial States came to an end on 1 December 1971. The next day, they united to form the United Arab Emirates.
  2. The name "Argentine Nation" was also used for the purposes of legislation.
  3. Rogan-Finnemore, Michelle (2005), "What Bioprospecting Means for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean", in Von Tigerstrom, Barbara, International Law Issues in the South Pacific, Ashgate Publishing, p. 204, ISBN 0-7546-4419-7 "Australia, New Zealand, France, Norway and the United Kingdom reciprocally recognize the validity of each other's claims."
  4. CIA – the World Factbook – Antarctica – accessed 19 January 2008
  5. Bilateral relations with countries Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine., Retrieved 2009-12-22
  6. Chapter General of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (1998-01-12). Constitutional Charter and Code of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta, promulgated 27 June 1961, revised by the Extraordinary Chapter General 28–30 April 1997, Article 3 "Sovereignty," Paragraph 1. (PDF). Rome: Tipografia Arte della Stampa. p. 11.
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