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So does the Red Cross and the International Olympic Committee [1]. And if you scroll up you see so do many "banks". UN Observer status is most often used to di
by deanCommie 5y ago
So does the Red Cross and the International Olympic Committee [1]. And if you scroll up you see so do many "banks".
UN Observer status is most often used to discuss the status of states like Palestines but it has less of an implication of being a sovereign "state" than people think.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_observers#Other_entities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembl...
- L3viathan 5y agoThe order of Malta is on a different level though: It's a sovereign entity in international law[1], the IOC, banks, etc. aren't The only somewhat comparable thing afaik is the Holy See, but that at least has sovereignty over some land (the vatican). [1] although this status is sometimes questioned
- jasomill 5y agoJust to be clear to passers-by, all banks in this list are intergovernmental development organizations, not commercial banks.