These changes sparked new initiatives in Georgia and in Moldova to restore, peacefully, their territorial integrity.

That should be done on the basis of the norms and principles of international law, in particular the principle of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States.

We reaffirm our commitment to the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Iraq and in this context we welcome the establishment of the sovereign Iraq government.

A number of indigenous participants raised the issue of territorial sovereignty over their ancestral lands and the difficulty of proving their claims to them through existing governmental channels.

However, the conclusions and recommendations of regional seminars often limited such participation to Territories in which there was no dispute over sovereignty.

This should be acknowledged and ultimately welcomed, despite conventional diplomatic norms regarding the inviolability of the territorial integrity of existing states.

Moreover, all measures taken by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran with regard to Abu Musa Island are in conformity with the Islamic Republic of Iran's rights of national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The dominant conflict is no longer the Israeli Palestinian struggle, but the threat of a confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia for sub regional supremacy, and between Iran and the US for regional hegemony.

If, for example, an organization signed the convention but failed to take steps to carry it into effect, should members of the international community look to the organization or to its member States when seeking performance of obligations under the convention?

Protection of sovereignty

Fictional Sovereignties

The Truth About Sovereignty

The EU has shown the difference between voluntarily limited sovereignty and involuntarily stolen sovereignty.

Indeed, the uprising by Bahrain s Shia majority has now become a struggle for regional mastery between Iran and the US backed Sunni monarchies in the Gulf.

Europe s Sovereignty Illusion

Rethinking Sovereignty

(d) The concept of economic sovereignty

1. States Parties shall carry out their obligations under this Convention in a manner consistent with the principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity of States and that of non intervention in the domestic affairs of other States.

Venezuela's international policy was based on a new concept of economic, financial and trade diplomacy and the introduction of regional bloc policies which defended sovereignty against hegemonistic aspirations.

Ms. Rivero (Observer for Uruguay) said that, based on the principle of the territorial integrity of States, her country strongly believed that sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands should be restored to Argentina.

States Parties shall carry out their obligations under the present Convention in a manner consistent with the principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity of States and that of non intervention in the domestic affairs of other States.

The End of Fiscal Sovereignty in Europe

The fact that sovereign member states did not deliver on their European commitments is hardly a convincing argument for giving up sovereignty now.

The United Nations must be reformed, and its sacrosanct principles of national sovereignty, territorial integrity, equality, non interference in internal affairs, settlement of disputes by peaceful means, and the non use or threat of use of force should remain inviolate.

The Struggle for Mastery of the Pacific

That strikes at the essence of the nature of sovereignty.

The fundamental difference between airspace and outer space is that each State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territories and territorial waters, while no State has such sovereignty over outer space.

Sovereignty was shared and transformed in areas like trade and the environment.

4. Recognizes the need for Operation Lifeline Sudan to be conducted in strict adherence to the principles of neutrality and impartiality and within the principles of national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Sudan, and within the framework of international cooperation, in accordance with the relevant provisions of international law

The examples selected also contained statements of general application, renouncing sovereignty over a Territory, or protesting about the legal regimes applicable to the territorial seas of Caspian Sea States.

The speaker went on to argue that principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, on the one hand, and self determination, on the other, were not contradictory, but mutually complementary when applied in accordance with the United Nations Charter.

So far, China has formally referred to Taiwan, Tibet, and Xinjiang province as core interests, a phrase that connotes an assertion of national sovereignty and territorial integrity that will brook no compromise.

The issue of future status must be resolved through reaching agreements and finding a compromise, but, above all, in full respect of the basic international principle of preserving the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia and the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

But the source of the authority is always the sovereign state.

ABU DHABI Sovereignty is not a license to kill.

The relationship between sovereignty and democracy is also misunderstood.

Final report on the study on indigenous peoples' permanent sovereignty over natural resources

The need to resume negotiations on sovereignty

All measures taken by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran with regard to Abu Musa Island are in conformity with the Islamic Republic of Iran's rights of national sovereignty and territorial integrity and do not contradict the provisions of the 1971 memorandum of understanding between Iran and Sharja.

8.4 Nothing in the present Declaration may be construed as permitting any activity contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations, including sovereign equality, territorial integrity and political independence of States

Being a nuclear power provides sovereign states with protection and prestige.

As a result, both countries maintained their sovereignty claims.

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Democracy is compatible with national sovereignty only if we restrict globalization.

Managing them effectively obliges us to rethink the concept of sovereignty.