"As of June 2024, the State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by 146 of the 193 member states of the United Nations, or just over 75% of all UN members." (Wikipedia) "As of June 2024, the State of Israel is recognized as a sovereign state by 164 of the 193 member states of the United Nations." (Wikipedia) "After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Checheno-Ingush ASSR split into two parts: the Republic of Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic. The latter proclaimed the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, which declared independence, while the former sided with Russia. Following the First Chechen War of 1994–1996 with Russia, Chechnya gained DE FACTO independence as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, although DE JURE it remained a part of Russia. Russian federal control was restored in the Second Chechen War of 1999–2009, with Chechen politics being dominated by the former Ichkerian Mufti Akhmad Kadyrov, and later his son Ramzan Kadyrov." (Wikipedia) Did/does Chechnya have a right to exist? ------------------------------------- States that no longer exist:- Czechoslovakia (1945–1992) German Democratic Republic (1973–1990) Federation of Malaya (1957–1963) Tanganyika (1961–1964) and Zanzibar (1963–1964) Soviet Union (1945–1991) United Arab Republic (1958–1961) Yemen (1947–1990) and Democratic Yemen (1967–1990) Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (1945–2006)

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you	06/12/24 23:41:00	David Ainsworth
Reply	07/12/24 09:52:00	Sue Hammond
Irrelevant	07/12/24 11:18:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Reply	07/12/24 19:28:00	Lucille Grant
Re:Do unto others as you would have them do unto you	07/12/24 13:10:00	John Hawkes
Reply	07/12/24 16:20:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	07/12/24 18:20:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Re:Reply	07/12/24 19:20:00	Ed Robinson
Re:Reply	08/12/24 12:08:00	John Hawkes
Re:Re:Reply	08/12/24 19:41:00	Philippa Bond

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