United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 13562
Sovereignty
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6 February 2020
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26 February 2020 · Answer
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26 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) criteria and (b) guidance his Department uses to define the (i) characteristics, (ii) security and (iii) borders of a sovereign state.
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6 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) criteria and (b) guidance his Department uses to define the (i) characteristics, (ii) security and (iii) borders of a sovereign state.
Source: Commons
26 February 2020
Answer
The criteria for statehood were set out in a written answer to a PQ on 16 November 1989 by Sir Tim Sainsbury, then a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister, who provided that "we consider a State should have, and seem likely to continue to have, a clear...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-06/13562
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1176752
- uk · wq-1176752 · source updated 26 February 2020