Map of UN member states. Non-members shown: Vatican City, Palestinian territories, Western Sahara. Territories of states not recognized by the UN are not included due to the fact that they appear to be part of some UN member state on UN's maps, including Kosovo, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Somaliland, Republic of China (Taiwan), etc.For further information see The World Today. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved on 18 June 2009. "The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country"
Modified from File:United Nations Members.svg by Lateiner (created 16 February 2008), itself modified from File:BlankMap-World-Microstates.svg, source from UN
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