User:Nightstallion/dependencies

This list contains 50 dependencies or similar entities, 15 of which (plus Western Sahara) are on the list of non-self governing territories of the United Nations, subject to decolonization with the assistance of the UN C24

Europe Outermost Regions

Finland

• Åland Islands

France

• French Guiana
• Guadeloupe
• Martinique
• Mayotte
• Réunion

Australia

• Christmas Island
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• Norfolk Island

Denmark — towards independence

• Faroe Islands — independence movement experienced a setback when suspected hydrocarbon resources could not be located.
• Greenland — a referendum on independence could be held in the future.

France

Towards independence

• French Polynesia (POM) — government actively working towards independence.
• New Caledonia (CSG, UN C24) — referendum to be held in 2014 or later.
• Wallis and Futuna (COM)

Others

• French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TOM) — Bassas da India, Europa and Juan da Nova claimed by Madagascar; Glorioso claimed by Madagascar and Seychelles; Tromelin claimed by Mauritius.
• Saint Barthélemy (COM)
• Saint Martin (COM)
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon (COM)

Netherlands

Country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands

• Aruba — will likely stay autonomous.
• Curaçao — will likely stay autonomous.
• Sint Maarten — will likely stay autonomous.

To be changed

• Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius will become outermost regions as the BES islands

New Zealand

Free Association

• Cook Islands
• Niue

Towards Free Association

• Tokelau (UN C24) — might hold a third referendum on becoming an associated state after the Tokelauan self-determination referendum, 2006 and Tokelauan self-determination referendum, 2007 failed by a small margin.

Norway

• Bouvet Island
• Svalbard and Jan Mayen

People's Republic of China — Special Administrative Regions

• Hong Kong — will keep its status until 2047.
• Macau — will keep its status until 2049.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Crown Dependencies

• Guernsey
• Isle of Man
• Jersey

Overseas Territories

High autonomy

• Bermuda (UN C24) — enjoys the highest degree of autonomy. Active independence movement.
• Turks and Caicos Islands (UN C24) — enjoys the highest degree of autonomy. Joining Canada has repeatedly been proposed.

Medium autonomy

• Anguilla (UN C24) — enjoys a medium degree of autonomy. Would prefer free association?
• British Virgin Islands (UN C24) — enjoys a medium degree of autonomy. Constitutional reform underway.[1]
• Cayman Islands (UN C24) — enjoys a medium degree of autonomy. Constitutional reform underway.[2]
• Gibraltar (UN C24) — enjoys a medium degree of autonomy. Constitutional reform underway, referendum to be held in 2006.[3] Spain continues to demand negotiations on sovereignty.
• Montserrat (UN C24) — enjoys a medium degree of autonomy.

Low autonomy

• Falkland Islands (UN C24) — enjoys a low degree of autonomy. Argentina continues to demand negotiations.
• Pitcairn Islands (UN C24) — enjoys a low degree of autonomy. Constitutional reform deferred until 2006.
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UN C24) — enjoys a low degree of autonomy.

No autonomy

• Akrotiri and Dhekelia/Sovereign Base Areas — to be ceded to Cyprus upon reunification?
• British Indian Ocean Territory — claimed by Mauritius. Once the lease of Diego Garcia to the United States will have expired in 2016, the BIOT will be ceded to Mauritius?
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — enjoys no autonomy. Argentina continues to demand negotiations.

United States of America

Guam and CNMI could merge and become another state.[4]

Organized, Unincorporated Territories

• Guam (UN C24) — wants to become a Commonwealth.
• United States Virgin Islands (UN C24) — referendum in 1993 met with insufficient interest, no more recent information. Drafting constitution until 27 July 2008.[5]

Commonwealths

• Northern Mariana Islands — situation unclear.
• Puerto Rico — about half the population wants Puerto Rico to become a state, next referendum might have a decisive outcome.

Unorganized, Unincorporated Territories

• American Samoa (UN C24) — currently exploring the various possible options.[6] [7] [8]
• United States Minor Outlying Islands:
  • Baker Island
  • Howland Island
  • Jarvis Island
  • Johnston Atoll
  • Kingman Reef
  • Midway Atoll
  • Navassa Island — claimed by Haiti
  • Palmyra Atoll
  • Wake Island — claimed by Marshall Islands