Some areas are associated with Eurasian states, being part of them or dependent upon them, but are not physically in it. Examples are the Danish territory of Greenland, the French overseas areas, the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, and most of the British overseas territories.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
English: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Welsh: Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon Scottish Gaelic: An Rìoghachd Aonaichte na Breatainn Mhòr agus Eirinn a Tuath Irish: Ríocht Aontaithe na Breataine Móire agus Thuaisceart Éireann Scots: Unitit Kinrick o Graet Breetain an Northren Irland Cornish: An Rywvaneth Unys a Vreten Veur hag Iwerdhon Glédh
United Nations General Assembly non-member observer states
Non-member sovereign states are free to submit a petition to join as a full member at their discretion. The petition is then evaluated by the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). For example, Switzerland was a UNGA non-member observer state from 1948 to 2002, until becoming a full member of the UN on September 10, 2002. Currently, there are two non-member observer states, namely the Holy See and the State of Palestine. They are both referred to as "non-member States having received a standing invitation to participate as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and maintaining permanent observer missions at Headquarters".
The following entities are an integral part of their controlling state but have a political arrangement which was decided by an agreement with another state.
Territory of Norway administered by the county governor of Nordland with some authority delegated to the station commander of the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation, a branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces.[7]
↑ Some territory could be argued to be a part of Asia or Oceania.
1 2 The terms Republic of Ireland and Poblacht na hÉireann are not official long names and are used only as a legal description meant to differentiate the state from the island.
↑ Refers to the sovereign entity encompassing the countries the Netherlands (comprising the European Netherlands and the Caribbean Netherlands), Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
1 2 Debate exists as to whether Australian territories are integral areas of Australia of not
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