States with limited recognition

States with limited recognition

UN members, UN observers (Vatican, Palestine) and non-UN states (Taiwan - Republic of China), having control over CC-TLDs are not included.

1st level: non-UN states recognised by at least one UN member state (5)

State             Regarded by as its part   Recognized by UN members                    Suggested domain zone
Abkhazia          Georgia                   Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru (4)     ab.world, ap.world
                                            withdrawn: Tuvalu, Vanuatu (2, total of 6)
Kosovo            Serbia                    111 UN-members                              ks.world
Northern Cyprus   Cyprus                    Turkey (1)                                  kk.world
Sahrawi ADR       Morocco                   84 UN-members                               sw.world
South Ossetia     Georgia                   Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru (4)     os.world
                                            withdrawn: Tuvalu (1, total of 5)

2nd level: non-UN states recognised by at least one 1st level limitedly recognized state (4)

State             Regarded by as its part   Recognized by                               Suggested domain zone
Donetsk People's  Ukraine                   South Ossetia (1)                           dr.world
 Republic
Luhansk People's  Ukraine                   South Ossetia (1)                           ln.world
 Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh  Azerbaijan                Abkhazia, Pridnestrovie, South Ossetia (3)  nk.world, ah.world
 (Artsakh)
Pridnestrovie     Moldova                   Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh,                 pd.world, ns.world
 (Transnistria)                             South Ossetia (3)

International recognition procedure (ISO, UN)

On May 6, Kosovo membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was adopted with 96 countries voting in favor, 8 against (Angola, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, El Salvador, Georgia, Greece, Pakistan, Romania, Slovak Republic, and Venezuela), 32 submitted written abstentions, 47 did not vote. On June 29, 2009 Kosovo became member of IMF and World Bank (and it seems enough for ISO to include it in the List of States).

ISO can include new country to its list after Working Group on Country Names of United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names has included it into the UNGEGN List of Country Names (latest versions - August 2012, May 2014). It seems that the next list will be prepared to 30th Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (7 and 18 August 2017, NY, USA) and 11th United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names (8-17 August 2017, NY).