User:Pocopocopocopoco

June 20, 2007.

I made my two posts in a talk page today and I got accused of being some troll that got banned a while back named Buffadren :)

De Facto, Internationally Unrecognized, De Jure

I see these terms all over the pages of some new republics that don't have representation in the UN. Example Abkhazia, Nagorno Karabakh, Pridnestrovie, South Ossetia, TRNC. I am begining to wonder if these terms really mean anything. Is there really such a thing as International Recognition? I believe there isn't and that nations may choose to have relations with other republics or they may choose not to have relations with other republics. Just because ROC isn't recognized by a number of countries doesn't mean it's any less of a country. Same goes for the PRC which isn't recognized by a smaller list of countries. Just because Taiwan doesn't have representation at the UN doesn't make it any less of a country.