Sentence examples for existing countries from inspiring English sources

But for now Kurdish leaders say their goal is more autonomy within existing countries, with Kurdistan in Iraq as a model.

When states are created from the dissolution or dismemberment of existing countries, it is presumed that the frontiers of the new states will conform to the boundaries of prior internal administrative divisions.

With more than 4,000 years of recorded history, China is one of the few existing countries that also flourished economically and culturally in the earliest stages of world civilization.

* Kohr's lines seem to ignore ethnic divisions, but sometimes cut ghostly reminders of existing countries: a rectangular Netherlands is there, as is a crude Austria and an almost perfectly preserved Denmark.

"The English and French clubs have proposed the formation of two new, stronger competitions of 20 teams each, based on the principles of qualification on merit from each league, the inclusion of teams from all six existing countries and the expansion into new markets," the group said.

From a quiet fourth-floor office in Brussels Mr Dauwen runs the European Free Alliance (EFA), a rum assortment of 40 regional political groups, including the Scottish National Party (SNP), that seek greater autonomy, or, in some cases, independence, from existing countries.

They will help create the confidence that existing country pledges can be met and bettered.

Rather, they should integrate climate into existing country- and region-specific assessments.

The ruling, which could affect thousands of Eritreans, one of the largest groups to seek asylum in Britain every year, contradicts the government's existing country guidance, which deems it safe for migrants to return to Eritrea after leaving illegally.

China is extremely old - the longest continuously existing country in the world.

Their LSBCI is an extension of UNCTAD's already existing country-level Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (LSCI) (UNCTAD STAT, n.d).