HC Deb 22 January 1992 vol 202 c232W
Mr. Stanbrook

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries which are at present recognised by the United Kingdom; those which are not recognised by the United Kingdom but are members of the United Nations, and countries whose recognition by the United Kingdom is under consideration, respectively.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

We recognise as states all 166 member states of the United Nations plus Switzerland, the Holy See, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu and San Marino. We also recognise as states the following states which are not member states of the United Nations:

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Moldavia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Croatia, Slovenia. We are considering the recognition of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.