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The political status of the Cook Islands and Niue is formally defined as they being states in free association within the Realm of New Zealand, which is made up of the Cook Islands, Niue, New Zealand, and two of its territories: Tokelau and the Ross Dependency. Despite New Zealand being officially entitled to the defence and foreign affairs of both, the Cook Islands and Niue maintain diplomatic relations with sovereign states, and both are listed as states by the United Nations (UN). However, even though both the Cook Islands and Niue behave as sovereign states in international law, their constitutional statuses within the Realm of New Zealand ((i.e., for matters of New Zealand domestic law) is more ambiguous, considering that all of Niue's and the Cook Islands' nationals are automatically New Zealand citizens, and both have New Zealand's head of state, Elizabeth II, as their own. As a result, some states recognize them not as sovereign states but as territories of New Zealand with high autonomy. == History == Formerly dependencies of New Zealand, the Cook Islands became a state in free association with New Zealand on August 4, 1965; Niue became a state in free association on October 19, 1974, after a constitutional referendum. In 1992, the UN recognized both states' right to establish diplomatic relations with other countries. Since then, both the Cook Islands and Niue have been allowed to attend UN-sponsored conferences open to "all States" as well as sign and ratify UN treaties open to "non-member states". New Zealand has formally allowed the Cook Islands to independently conduct its own foreign affairs since April 6, 2001. Niue was granted this power in 2007. The ''Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs'' records that in 1988 "New Zealand stated that its future participation in international agreements would no longer extend to" Niue and the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands and Niue were granted membership of UNESCO by 1993 and of the World Health Organization by 1994. Also by 1994, the UN Secretariat had "recognized the full treaty-making capacity ... of Niue".〔 As of 2015, the Cook Islands, Niue, and Kosovo are the only states that participate in UN specialized agencies, but which are not member or observer states of the UN itself. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Political status of the Cook Islands and Niue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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