List countries in the process of formation

This list of the countries in the process of formation tries to draw up an inventory of fixtures of the areas, territories, dependences, country, etc which could form or create new countries in the short or medium term.

Definition and warnings

Only the entities are retained which began in a legal step of change of status or are under mandate foreign or international. This list thus excludes all entité :

in open war with a third (Eelam Tamoul of the Tamil Tigers of Eelam tamoul, Chetchnia, Ossétie of the South, Cashmere,…)
benefitting or having profited from the war between two countries for émanciper by the force (Somaliland, Serb Republic of Bosnia,…)
having unilaterally proclaimed its independence which is generally not recognized (Transnistrie,…)

The entities knowing of violences (attacks, incursions, etc) or of the sporadic combat asserted by illegal groups but having undertaken steps with the international level are listed below.

This list is not exhaustive and does not want to be a reference. The exit of the step of the entities for their change of status depending only on future events (referendums, commissions, talks, etc), it is impossible to say which entity will reach independence, autonomy or will reinstate the Country of origin. Contrary to other entities not listed here because being recognized by no or very few nations can reach independence by having recourse to a legal step or violence (war, attacks,…).

Bonaire, Curaçao, Sheba, Saint-Eustace and Sint-Maarten (old Dutch West Indies) and Aruba

July 1st, 2007, the Dutch West Indies returned during one time of transitory dissolution which should finish on December 15th, 2008. Its territories which composed them gained statutes différents : commune of the Netherlands to particular status for Bonaire, Sheba and Saint-Eustace and autonomous territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Curaçao and Sint-Maarten. At the end of the transitional period, Curaçao and Sint-Maarten will form each one two new autonomous States and Bonaire, Sheba and Saint-Eustace will keep their statute of “common Dutchwomen with particular status”, thus changing to four the number of States composing the Kingdom of the Countries-Bas : Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint-Maarten.

The total Indépendance of these territories remains nevertheless possible with the eyes of the Dutch right.

Bermuda

Bermuda enjoy a very great political autonomy and are almost independent. The operation and the nature of the system of union and co-operation with the the United Kingdom are very similar to that of the the Commonwealth.

China

Since the proclamation of the Popular republic of China on the continent in 1949 and the persistence of the Republic of China on the island of Taiwan, the political of “only one China” is applied to the international level. In spite of the recognition of Taiwan like an independent State by a growing number of States (25 countries), a bringing together between Beijing and Taipei can let think that China can reunify itself in the short or the long term even if the maintenance of the status quo currently carries it.

Cyprus

Even if the maintenance of the status quo carries it among the population hellénophone, the Turkish-speaking ones wish a reunification of the island. The question of the reunification was not the subject of a condition sine qua nun for the adhesion of the République of Cyprus in the European Union but it could be the subject of negotiations with the Turkey and Cyprus of North in order to regulate the dispute.

Korea

For a few years, the reunification of the Korean peninsula has not been any more one subject taboo in South Korea and North Korea, even if the relations between the two States remain cold. The meetings between the families separated by the border multiply, the tourists enter more easily to North Korea and one saw the Olympic sporting teams of the two countries ravelling under the banner of the reunification.

Kosovo

Since the end of the Guerre of Kosovo, the area is managed by the United Nations, which could lead to a consultation interns with the key independence, but more probably an autonomy within the Serbia.

Order of Malta

The Order does not have a territory propre : the seat of the Order located Via dei Condotti and the Palate of the Aventin located at Rome enjoy the Extraterritorialité simply just as the strong Saint-Angel with Malta since 1999. It has a station of observer with the the United Nations and maintains the diplomatic relations with many countries. If Italy or Malta agrees to allot a territory to him, it will constitute a new State.

Palestine

The exact statute of this area is disputed bitterly between the State of Israel and an important part of the Palestinian population which saw there. Certain options of exit of the conflict comprise the creation of a formed Palestinian State of the Gaza Strip and whole or part of the the West Bank.

Quebec

After the behavior of two referendums (one in 1980 and the other in 1995) on the separation of the remainder of the Canada, approximately 45% of the Inhabitants of Quebec (and 55% of the French-speaking people) are in favor of sovereignty.

the Western Sahara

During the withdrawal of the Spain of this colony between 1975 and 1976, the Algeria, the Mauritania, the Morocco and the Polisario asserted whole or part of it and had been already opposed on this subject since ten years. In 1976, the Arab Republic sahraouie democratic is proclaimed by Polisario and asserts the totality of the territory. Following the withdrawal of Mauritania, Morocco annexes the Western Sahara. Complaints and recourse were lodged with the Safety advice of the United Nations and the dispute could lead inter alia on the maintenance of the annexation of Morocco or to an independence.

Turkish Islands and Caïques

These islands are regarded as a territory nonindependent managed by the the United Kingdom by the committee of the the United Nations to the decolonization. In 2004, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia invited the Turkish Islands and Caïques to join the confederation as an eleventh province, but that would require an amendment of the Canadian constitution.

European Union

European construction comprises an option on a federalisation of the union. Already joint institutions exist and their capacity increased with the wire of the application of the various treaties. The creation of other joint capacities is considered, like a foreign politics and an army communes, the increase in the capacity of the presidency, etc In the long term, the European Union could become a State with whole share (federation or confederation) on the model of the the United States, the India or the Brésil.

Example of countries recently created and recognized

Slovakia and Czech Republic (1993)
Palaos (1994)
Eastern Timor (2002)
Montenegro and Serbia (2006)

See too

List of the countries of the world
List of disputed territories
List of the dependences and territories with special sovereignty

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