Katherine M.

Guiriba The Contemporary World

BSED Science 1B

Six States That Are Not Part of United Nations

1. Kosovo
 According to the UN Security Council resolution 1244, which reaffirms the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now
Serbia), Kosovo and Metohija is an integral part of the Republic of Serbia,
under the administration of the UN. Since Kosovo cannot be considered a
State, it does not fulfill the basic requirement for membership set out by the
UNESCO Constitution.
2. Western Sahara
 There is an ongoing conflict over the political status of Western Sahara
between Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement amid
heightened tensions over the mineral-rich territory. So basically, Western
Sahara is not a state and it does not also fulfill the basic requirement for
membership of the United Nations.
3. Taiwan
 Taiwan as a province of China is completely not qualified and has no right to
participate in the United Nations. In 1971 the People's Republic of China
(mainland China) replaced Taiwan (also known as the Republic of China)
in the United Nations, and to this day the status of Taiwan remains in limbo
because of political unrest between those claiming Taiwanese
independence and PRC's insistence on control over the entire region.
 The General Assembly has not fully extended the non-member state status
of Taiwan since 2012 because of this unrest. Unlike Palestine, however, the
United Nations does not favor a two-state resolution and has subsequently
not offered non-member status to Taiwan as to not offend the People's
Republic of China, which is a member state. Today, Taiwan is recognized
by 16 U.N. members. Taiwan authorities illegally usurped China’s UN seat
for as long as 22 years. In October 1971, the 26th session of the UN General
 Assembly passed Resolution No. 2758. The resolution announced in the
clear and definite language: the UN General Assembly “recognizes that the
representative of the Government of the People’s Republic of China is the
sole legal representative of China in the United Nations and that the
People’s Republic of China is one of the permanent members of the UN
Security Council.”
4. South Ossetia
 Although South Ossetia has been recognized by only five United Nations
members namely Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Syria, and Nauru. This is
not enough for the South Ossetia to be Internationally Recognized as an
Independent State. In fact, due to the war experienced by South Ossetia,
its population reduced to little more than 53,000 due to war and emigration,
South Ossetia is entirely dependent on Russia both economically and
diplomatically. South Ossetia has virtually no industry, and it can scarcely
even benefit from its agricultural economy because of the bureaucracy
involved in exporting produce to Russia. And yet, thanks to Russian
economic assistance, the country is surprisingly well-developed, with an
impressive new university building, rebuilt government offices, a hospital
and even a luxury hotel nearing completion. In addition, the UN recognizes
South Ossetia as a part of Georgia.
5. Abkhazia
 On August 26, 2008, Russia became the first country to recognize
Abkhazia and another pro-Moscow separatist territory, South Ossetia, as
independent states. The move followed Russia's brief war with Georgia
earlier that month. The United States and the European Union criticized
the move and responded by reaffirming their commitment to Georgia's
"territorial integrity. "Since then, the lobbying, coaxing, and cajoling from
both sides has only intensified. "The United States is not backing down
from its view that Abkhazia and South Ossetia should be part of Georgia,"
says Lincoln Mitchell, a professor of international politics at Columbia
University and author of the book "Uncertain Democracy: U.S. Foreign
 Policy and Georgia's Rose Revolution." "And Russia is not backing down
from its view that these countries are independent." In short, Abkhazia was
not recognized by the United Nations as an independent state because
they believed that it is part of Georgia.
6. Northern Cyprus
 The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (RTNC) is a de Facto state the
northern third of the island of Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean,
becoming independent from Cyprus on November 15, 1983. Turkey is the
only country that explicitly recognizes it; all other governments and the
United Nations (UN) recognize the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus
over the entire island. In 2004, the Parliamentary Assembly of the
European Council has conceded the status of observer to the Turkish-
Cypriot representatives, which was followed by the acceptance of the
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as an observing country in the OCE
in 2012.
References:

1. https://www.un.int/serbia/statements_speeches/non-paper-why-kosovo-ineligible-
membership-unesco
2. https://dppa.un.org/en/mission/personal-envoy-western-sahara
3. https://www.un.org/en/sections/member-states/about-un-membership/index.html
4. https://www.apnews.com/6470995e1952457abf667fe2a819e894
5. https://www.globalpolicy.org/security-council/index-of-countries-on-the-security-
council-agenda/western-sahara.html
6. https://www.thoughtco.com/non-members-of-the-united-nations-1435429
7. http://theconversation.com/south-ossetia-the-case-for-international-recognition-
118299
8. https://www.rferl.org/a/abkhazia-vanuatu-georgia-russia-
recognition/24688283.html
9. https://www.unrepresentedunitednations.org/en/unrepresented-united-nations-
directory/Unrepresented%20Nation%20or%20People/turkish-republic-of-
northern-cyprus.html