Declaration of independence

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A declaration of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another state or failed state, or are breakaway territories from within the larger state. In 2010, the UN's International Court of Justice ruled in an advisory opinion in Kosovo that "International law contains no prohibition on declarations of independence", [1] though the state from which the territory wishes to secede may regard the declaration as rebellion, which may lead to a war of independence or a constitutional settlement to resolve the crisis.

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List of declarations of independence

StateDeclarationDateAssociationSignatoriesFirst recognizing state(s)
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Declaration of 1 November 1954 November 1, 1954Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Algerian War Flag of France (1794-1815).svg French Algeria
Flag of Albanian Provisional Government (1912-1914).svg Albania Albanian Declaration of Independence November 28, 1912Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire Assembly of Vlorë Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary
Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg Ambazonia Ambazonian Declaration of IndependenceOctober 1, 2017Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Consortium United Front
Flag of Armenia (3-2).svg  Armenia Declaration of Independence of Armenia May 28, 1918Flag of the Transcaucasian Federation.svg  TDFR Armenian National Congress (1917), Armenian Revolutionary Federation Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Declaration of State Sovereignty of Armenia August 23, 1990Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Supreme Council of Armenia secretary Ara Sahakian Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Artsakh.svg  Artsakh Proclamation of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic September 2, 1991Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Nagorno-Karabakh Regional and Shahumyan District Councils of People's Deputies of the Azerbaijan SSR
MNLA flag.svg Azawad Azawadi Declaration of Independence April 6, 2012Flag of Mali.svg Mali National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
Flag of Azerbaijan 1918.svg Azerbaijan Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan May 28, 1918Flag of the Transcaucasian Federation.svg  TDFR Azerbaijani National Council Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Act on Restoration of State Independence of Azerbaijan October 18, 1991Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Supreme Council of Azerbaijan Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Flag of Bangladesh (1971).svg Bangladesh Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence March 26, 1971Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Belarus Third Constituent Charter March 25, 1918Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1925).svg  Russia Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic
  Belarus Announcement of the Declaration of Independence of the Soviet Socialist Republic of ByelorussiaJuly 31, 1920Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg Poland Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Byelorussia, trade unionsFlag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1925).svg  Russia
Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Belarus Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic July 27, 1990Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Supreme Soviet of the BSSR Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Belgian Declaration of IndependenceOctober 4, 1830Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Provisional Government of Belgium
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1946-1992).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Declaration of Independence March 1, 1992Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Flag of Bougainville.svg Bougainville Bougainville Declaration of Independence May 1990Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Bougainville Interim Government
Flag of Empire of Brazil (1822-1870).svg  Brazil Declaration of the Independence of Brazil September 7, 1822Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.svg Portugal Pedro I of Brazil Flag of the United States (1820-1822).svg United States
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Bulgarian Declaration of Independence September 22, 1908Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire Ferdinand of Bulgaria and the Government of Bulgaria Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg Burma Burmese Declaration of Independence January 4, 1948Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia Declaration of the Catalan Republic as a state of the Iberian FederationApril 14, 1931Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain Francesc Macià, Generalitat Government of Catalonia
Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia Declaration of the Catalan state within the Federal Republic of SpainOctober 6, 1934Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Spain Lluís Companys, Generalitat Government of Catalonia
Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia Declaration from the representatives of Catalonia as the Catalan RepublicOctober 27, 2017Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Flag of the Federal Republic of Central America.svg  Central America (present day
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua
)
Act of Independence of Central America September 15, 1821Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Chilean Declaration of Independence February 12, 1818Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain National Congress Flag of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.svg Portugal
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Colombian Declaration of Independence July 20, 1810Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain
Flag of the Comoros (1963-1975).svg Comoros Comorian Declaration of Independence July 6, 1975Flag of France.svg France Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Flag of Crimea (Latest version).svg  Crimea Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Crimea March 11, 2014Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Supreme Council of Crimea Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Flag of Croatia (1990).svg Croatia Declaration of the Establishment of the Sovereign and Independent Republic of Croatia June 25, 1991Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
Flag of Bohemia.svg Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Declaration of Independence October 18, 1918Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary Czechoslovak National Council Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Martin Declaration October 30, 1918Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg Austria-Hungary Slovak National Council Flag of France.svg France
Flag of the Dominican Republic (up to 1844).svg Dominican Republic Dominican Act of Independence (1844) February 27, 1844Flag of Haiti (1820-1849, 1859-1964).svg Haiti Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Civil Ensign of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Dominican Act of Independence (1863) August 16, 1863Flag of Spain.svg Spain Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Flag of East Timor (1975-1976).png East Timor East Timorese declaration of independenceNovember 28, 1975Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Egypt Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence February 28, 1922Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Unilateral grant of independence by the British government Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Estonian Declaration of Independence February 24, 1918Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Estonian Salvation Committee Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Estonian Reconfirmation of Independence August 20, 1991Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Congress of Estonia Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland (reconfirmed earlier recognition)
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Finnish Declaration of Independence December 6, 1917Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Parliament of Finland Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1925).svg  Russia
Bandera del Primer Imperio Mexicano.svg First Mexican Empire
(present dayFlag of Mexico.svg Mexico )
Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire
(real independence)[ clarification needed ]
September 28, 1821Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain Supreme Provisional Governmental BoardFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom [2]
Flag of Florida (1861-1865).svg Florida Florida's Constitution of 1861January 10, 1861Flag of the United States (1859-1861).svg United States Florida State Legislature
Bandeira galega civil.svg Galicia Declaration of the Republic of GaliciaJune 27, 1931Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain
Flag of Georgia (1918-1921, 4-5).svg Georgia, Democratic Republic of Georgian Declaration of Independence, 1918 May 26, 1918Flag of the Transcaucasian Federation.svg  TDFR Georgian National CouncilFlag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Georgia, Republic of Act of Restoration of State Independence of GeorgiaApril 9, 1991 [3] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Supreme Council of the Republic of GeorgiaFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Flag of the State of Georgia (1861, red).svg Georgia, State of Georgia's secession declaration January 29, 1861Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg United States
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece Greek Declaration of Independence January 15, 1822Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire First National Assembly Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Declaration of IndependenceSeptember 24, 1973Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Flag of Haiti (civil).svg Haiti Haitian Declaration of Independence January 1, 1804Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France Jean-Jacques Dessalines Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg France [4]
Flag of Hungary (1848-1849, 1867-1869).svg Hungary Hungarian Declaration of Independence April 14, 1849Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor without haloes (1400-1806).svg Habsburgs
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Icelandic Declaration of IndependenceJune 17, 1944Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Flag of India.svg India Indian Rebellion of 1857 May 10, 1857Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom  Mughal Empire
Flag of India.svg India Declaration of the Independence of India January 26, 1930Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of India.svg India Declaration of IndependenceAugust 15, 1947Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Proclamation of Indonesian Independence August 17, 1945Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Sukarno & Mohammad Hatta Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Kingdom of Egypt [5]
Flag of Iraq (1924-1959).svg  Iraq Iraq Declaration of IndependenceOctober 3, 1932Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Proclamation of the Irish Republic April 24, 1916Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Provisional Government of the Irish Republic
Flag of Ireland.svg Irish Republic Irish Declaration of Independence January 21, 1919Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Dáil Éireann Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1925).svg  Russia
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Israeli Declaration of Independence May 14, 1948Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Jewish People's Council Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
Flag of Katanga.svg Katanga Katangan Declaration of Independence[ citation needed ]July 11, 1960Flag of Congo-Leopoldville (1960-1963).svg Congo-Léopoldville
Flag of Korea (1899).svg Korea Korean Declaration of Independence March 1, 1919Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea Flag of the Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Kosova (1991-1999).svg  Kosova Proclamation of the Republic of Kosova September 22, 1992Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg FR Yugoslavia Assembly of KosovoFlag of Albania.svg Albania
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo Kosovo declaration of independence February 17, 2008Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg Serbia
Flag of the United Nations.svg UN Administration
"Democratically elected leaders of our people" [a] Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Latvian Declaration of Independence November 18, 1918Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany
Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1925).svg  Russia
People's Council of Latvia Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1925).svg  Russia
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia May 4, 1990Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia Liberian Declaration of Independence July 16, 1847Flag of the United States (1847-1848).svg American Colonization Society Liberian Constitutional ConventionFlag of the United Kingdom (WFB 2000).svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Lithuania 1918-1940.svg Lithuania Act of Independence of Lithuania February 16, 1918Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1925).svg  Russia
Council of Lithuania Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania March 11, 1990Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Supreme Council of Lithuania Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
Flag of the Patriote movement (Lower Canada).svg Lower Canada Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada February 22, 1838Flag of the United Kingdom (WFB 2000).svg  United Kingdom Robert Nelson
Flag of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia (1946-1991); Flag of North Macedonia (1991-1992).svg Macedonia Independence of the Republic of Macedonia September 8, 1991Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg Malaya
(present day Malaysia)
Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957 August 31, 1957Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister of Malaysia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom [6]
Flag of Mississippi (1861-1865).gif Mississippi A Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union January 9, 1861Flag of the United States (1859-1861).svg United States
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova August 27, 1991Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Parliament of the Republic of Moldova Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro Montenegro declaration of independence June 3, 2006Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro Assembly of the Republic of Montenegro Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Moroccan Declaration of IndependenceJanuary 11, 1944Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Istiqlal Party
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Act of Abjuration July 26, 1581Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spain Union of Utrecht
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Northern America
(present day)Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America November 6, 1813Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain Congress of Anáhuac
Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg  Northern Cyprus Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern CyprusNovember 15, 1983Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Flag of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.svg Northern Epirus Northern Epirote Declaration of Independence February 28, 1914Flag of Albania (1914-1920).svg Albania Provisional Government of Northern Epirus
Flag of Bougainville.svg North Solomons Declaration of Independence of the Republic of the North Solomons September 1, 1975Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Territory of Papua and New Guinea (Australia)UnknownFlag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Vatican City
Flag of Norway (1814-1821).svg Norway
(Kingdom of Norway)
Declaration of Independence of Norway (short after[ clarification needed ], sovereign under the Swedish monarchy), and the Constitution of Norway May 17, 1814Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark-Norway
(As of Treaty of Kiel)
Norwegian Constituent Assembly
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea National Liberation Day of Korea September 9, 1948Flag of Japan.svg Japan Kim Il Sung Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Flag of Padania.svg Padania Padanian Declaration of Independence September 15, 1996Flag of Italy (1946-2003).svg Italy
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Lahore Resolution March 24, 1940Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Muslim League (Pakistan)
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Palestinian Declaration of Independence November 15, 1988Flag of Israel.svg Palestinian territories

Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan (claimed the West Bank until 1988)

Palestinian National Council Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab League
Flag of Peru (1821-1822).svg Peru Act of the Declaration of Independence of PeruJuly 28, 1821Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain José de San Martín Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of Panama.svg Panama Secession of Panama from Colombia November 3, 1903Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Flag of the United States.svg United States
Philippines Flag Original.svg Philippines Philippine Declaration of Independence June 12, 1898Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain

Flag of the United States.svg United States

98 representatives of Dictatorial Government of the Philippines [7] (ratified on September 29, 1898, by the Malolos Congress [8] )
Flag of Argentina (civil).svg Provinces of the Río de la Plata
(present-day
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay)
Argentine Declaration of Independence July 9, 1816Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain Congress of Tucumán Flag of Hawaii (1896).svg  Hawaii
Flag of Rhodesia (1964-1968).svg  Rhodesia Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence November 11, 1965Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Ian Smith and the rest of the Cabinet
Flag of Romania.svg Romania Romanian Declaration of Independence May 22, 1877Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire King Carol I
Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg Russia Belovezha Accords December 12, 1991Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Bir Lehlou Declaration February 27, 1976Flag of Spain (1945 - 1977).svg Spanish Sahara Polisario Front Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
Flag of Scotland (1542-2003, sky blue).svg  Scotland Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320Flag of England.svg  England Scottish leaders
Flag of Revolutionary Serbia.svg Serbia The Proclamation (Proglašenije/Проглашеније) February 1809Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg Ottoman Empire Karađorđe Petrović and Serbian MPs
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Proclamation of Singapore [9] August 9, 1965Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia [10] [11] Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom [12]
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Slovak National Council's Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation July 17, 1992Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Slovak National CouncilFlag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Slovenian Declaration of Independence June 25, 1991Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Flag of Somaliland.svg Somaliland Somaliland Declaration of Independence May 18, 1991Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea National Liberation Day of Korea August 15, 1948Flag of Japan.svg Japan Syngman Rhee Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States
South Carolina Sovereignty-Secession Flag.svg South Carolina Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union December 24, 1860Flag of the United States (1859-1861).svg United States South Carolinians in Charleston
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Declaration of Independence of Sri Lanka (Then known as "Ceylon")February 4, 1948Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the Republic of Texas (1836-1839).svg  Texas, Republic of Texas Declaration of Independence March 2, 1836Flag of Mexico (1823-1864, 1867-1893).svg Mexico Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France
Flag of Texas (1839-1879).svg Texas, State of A Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union February 1, 1861Flag of the United States (1859-1861).svg  United States Texas Legislature
Flag of Tibet (1916-1951).svg  Tibet Tibet's Declaration of Independence February 13, 1913Flag of China (1912-1928).svg China 13th Dalai Lama Flag of Bogd Khaanate Mongolia.svg Bogd Khanate of Mongolia
Flag of the Turkmen SSR.svg Turkmenistan About Independence and Bases of a State System of TurkmenistanOctober 27, 1991Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union noneFlag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine IV Universal January 22, 1918Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1925).svg  Russia Central Council of Ukraine
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Declaration of Independence of Ukraine August 24, 1991Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Verkhovna Rada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Flag of Poland.svg Poland [13]
Flag of the United States (1776-1777).svg United States United States Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776 [b] Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain Second Continental Congress Flag of Morocco (1666-1915).svg Morocco [16] [17]
Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg United Tribes of New Zealand Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand October 28, 1835 Māori chiefsFlag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom [18]
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan Declaration of IndependenceAugust 31, 1991Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Supreme Council of Uzbekistan Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Venezuelan Declaration of Independence July 5, 1811Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spain National Congress
Flag of the Vermont Republic.svg  Vermont Vermont Declaration of IndependenceJanuary 15, 1777Flag of the United States (1776-1777).svg United States

Flag of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg British Quebec

Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam September 2, 1945Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg France Hồ Chí Minh Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Democratic Republic of the Yorubaland Declaration of Independence April 13, 2024Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Modupe Onitiri-Abiola and Ominira Yoruba Group

See also

Explanatory notes

  1. No reference in original Albanian text to the declaration being the work of the Assembly of Kosovo. The language used in the declaration differs from that employed in acts of the Assembly of Kosovo in that the first paragraph commences with the phrase "We, the democratically-elected leaders of our people . . .", whereas acts of the Assembly of Kosovo employ the third person singular. Moreover, the procedure employed in relation to the declaration differed from that employed by the Assembly of Kosovo for the adoption of legislation. It was not transmitted to the Special Representative of the Secretary General and was not published in the Official Gazette of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo. As the practice shows, he would have been under a duty to take action with regard to acts of the Assembly of Kosovo which he considered to be ultra vires. Taking all factors together, the authors of the declaration of independence of 17 February 2008 did not act as one of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government within the Constitutional Framework, but rather as persons who acted together in their capacity as representatives of the people of Kosovo outside the framework of the interim administration.
  2. The Continental Congress voted in favor of the Declaration of Independence on July 2. [14] Versions were not printed until July 4 and later, while the signatories did not sign the Matlack declaration until August. [15]

References

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  2. "Inglaterra: primer país que reconoce la Independencia de México" (in Spanish). Memoria Politica de México. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
  3. "Act of Restoration of State Independence of Georgia". Archived from the original on 2020-05-20.
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  5. Mohy, Mahmoud (2017-10-30). "EXCLUSIVE: Indonesian President's Advisor: 'We have a long history with Egypt'". Egypt Today. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  6. Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957
  7. Philippine History. Rex Bookstore, Inc. 2004. p.  162. ISBN   978-971-23-3934-9.
  8. Tucker, Spencer (2009). The Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. p.  364. ISBN   978-1-85109-951-1.
  9. Singapore was forced out of Malaysia by the Malaysian Parliament, and the proclamations were then agreed by the two governments. See the Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965 Archived 2017-06-28 at the Wayback Machine (1985 Rev. Ed.) and the Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
  10. Agreement relating to the separation of Singapore from Malaysia as an independent and sovereign state
  11. Agreement relating to the separation of Singapore from Malaysia as an independent and sovereign state/proclamation of singapore
  12. Singapore Act 1966
  13. Ukraine and Russia: The Post-Soviet Transition by Roman Solchanyk, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000, ISBN   0742510182 (page 100)
    Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol 30, 1992, University of British Columbia Press, 1993, ISBN   9780774804387 (page 371)
    Szporluk, Roman (24 February 2020). Russia, Ukraine and the Breakup of the Soviet Union. Hoover Press. ISBN   978-0-8179-9543-0., p. 355
  14. A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation : U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875. Library of Congress. 2003. pp. 506–507. Tuesday July 2, 1776 [...] Resolved, That these United colonies are, and, of right, ought to be, Free and Independent States; that they are absolved of all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.
  15. Coelho, Chris (2013), Timothy Matlack, Scribe of the Declaration of Independence, McFarland, p. 61, ISBN   978-0-7864-7443-1
  16. US-Morocco Diplomatic Relationship Archived 2015-08-12 at the Wayback Machine . Official Web site of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United States of America.
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  18. The Lord Glenelg (25 May 1836), "EXTRACT of a DESPATCH from Lord GLENELG to Major-General Sir RICHARD BOURKE, New South Wales", written at London, Documents > Declaration of Independence, Christchurch: Waitangi Associates, retrieved 22 May 2010