Talk:List of sovereign states in 2009

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Please note for GFDL attribution, the initial content of this article was copied from List of sovereign states in 2008. Somno (talk) 02:39, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Greenland
Non-Sovereign States - Denmark lists Greenland (Autonomous province) (To June 1st). To what does the June 1st comment refer? Ac 708 (talk) 23:27, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't think that's correct, Greenland will become a seperate country within the Kingdom of Denmark on that date and as far as I know, not an independent and sovereign state. Erik10081989, 10 March 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erik10081989 (talk • contribs) 18:54, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

194th ghost state
What is the 194th sovereign state? On the list there are 193 states, 192 UN + Vatican/Holy See. Is the number 194 supposed to be Greenland? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.53.197.182 (talk) 13:29, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Puppet states
I removed the expression "De facto independent state" from many disputed territories, changing it with more neutral, and correct under international law, "Self-governing entity". In fact, the previous expression was a POV which hides the main problem around those situations: general international community denies recognition to them because it thinks they are not independent countries, but only dependent puppet states under military occupation. To make an exemple, international community refuses to recognize Abkhazia because it thinks it is de facto dependent from Russia. The new term I used is more NPOV, because the expression "Self-governing entity" can refers to any authority which exercizes public powers autonomously, not taking position about de facto real status of the land.--Cusio (talk) 17:42, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

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