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This table is intended to assist users of the United Nations Treaty Collection on the Internet in locating records relating to those States which have either changed their names, assumed a different name due to circumstances such as the creation of a new State or were known under a different name during a colonial period.


States with records grouped under the relevant entry

Argentina:
Falkland Islands / Malvinas
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
 
Australia:
Australian Antartic Territory
Australian Territories
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Norfolk Island
Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Territory of Nauru
Territory of New Guinea
Territory of Papua
Belgium:
Belgian Congo
Labuan Island
Ruanda-Urundi
Canada:
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoudland
North-west Territories
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Province of Alberta
Province of Nova Scotia
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Tribe of Mickmack Indians
Yukon
Denmark:
Faeroe Islands
Greenland
France:
Algerian Departments
Comoro Islands
French Committee of National Liberation
French Equatorial Africa
Fench Establishment in India
French European Departments
French Guiana
French Indo-China
French Metropolitan Territory
French Morocco
French Oceanic Colonies
French Overseas Departments and Territories
French Polynesia
French Protectorate of Morocco
French Protectorate of Tunisia
French Somaliland
French Southern and Antarctic Territories
French Territories in Oceania
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
French West Africa
French West Indies
French Whole Territory
Guadeloupe
Martinique
New Caledonia and Dependencies
Reunion
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Netherlands:
Aruba
Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Indies
Netherlands New Guinea
Netherlands Overseas Territories
Territory of Surinam
New Zealand:
Cook Islands
New Zealand Territories
Tokelau Islands
Western Samoa
Portugal:
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Fortress of Sao Joao Baptista de Ajuda
Macau
Madeira Islands
Metropolitan and Overseas Provinces of Portugal
Portuguese Guinea
Portuguese India
Portuguese Provinces in Asia
Portuguese Provinces in East Africa
Portuguese Provinces in Oceania
Portuguese Provinces in West Africa
Portuguese Timor
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
Abu Dhabi
Ajman
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Alderny
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Anguilla
Antigua
Ascension Island
Ashanti
Bahamas
Basutoland
Bechuanaland
Belize
Bermuda
British Antarctic Territory
British Colombia
British Guiana
British Honduras
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Overseas Territories
British Solomon Islands
British Somaliland
British Territories
British Virgin Islands
British / US Zone of the Free Territory of Triest
Brunei
Cape Verde Islands
Cayman Islands
Central African Power Corporation
Central and Southern Line Islands
Channel Islands
Colony of Aden
Colony of South Rhodesia
Dependent Territories of the UK
Dominica
Ducie and Oeno Islands
England
Falkland Islands and Dependencis
Federation of Nigeria
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Fiji
Fujairah
Gambia Colony
Gambia Protectorate
Gilbert Islands
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Gold Coast Colony
Gold Coast Northern Territory
Great Britain
Grenada
Guernesey
Henderson
Hong Kong
Isle of Man
Jersey
Kamaran
Kenya Colony
Kuria Muria Islands
Leeward Islands
Montserrat
New Hebrides
Nigeria Colony
Nigeria Protectorate
North Borneo
North Cameroon
Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Palestine-Mandated Territory
Perim
Pitcairn Island
Protectorate of Sotuh Arabia
Ras Al Khaimah
Saint Helena
Sarawak
Sierra leone Colony
Sierra Leone Protectorate
Singapore
Somali Protectorate
Southern Rhodesia
St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla
St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Tanganyika
Territory of Northern Rhodesia
Territory of the Cameroons under British Administration
Tristan da Cunha
Turks and Caicos Islands
UK (Kuwait)
Uganda Protectorate
Umn Al Qaiwain
Wales
West Indies
Windward Islands
Zanzibar
United States of America:
Alaska
American Samoa
British / US Zone of the Free Territory of Trieste
Guam
Johnston Island
Kingman Reef
Midway Island
Puerto Rico
US Overseas Territories
US Virgin Islands
 

States that have changed names:

 
Current short name: Belarus  
(since 19/09/1991)
Previous short name/related records: Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 
(until 19/09/1991)
 
 
Current short name: Benin  
(since 02/12/1975)
Previous short name/related records: Dahomey 
(until 02/12/1975)
 
 
Current short name: Burkina Faso  
(since 06/08/1984)
Previous short name/related records: Upper Volta 
(until 06/08/1984)
 
 
Current short name: Cambodia  
(since 03/02/1990)
Previous short name/related records:
Democratic Kampuchea / 
People's Republic of Kampuchea 
(from 06/04/1976 to 03/02/1990)
Cambodia 
(from 30/04/1975 to 06/04/1976)
Khmer Republic 
(from 28/12/1970 to 30/04/1975)
 
 
 
Current short name: Cameroon  
(since 04/02/1984)
Previous short name/related records: United Republic of Cameroon 
(from 10/03/1975 to 04/02/1984)
 
 
Current short name: Central African Republic  
(since 20/09/1979)
Previous short name/related records: Central African Empire 
(from 04/12/1976 to 20/09/1979)
 
 
Current short name: Congo  
(since 15/11/1971)
Previous short name/related records: People's Republic of Congo 
(until 15/11/1971)
 
 
Current short name: Cote d'Ivoire  
(since 01/01/1986)
Previous short name/related records: Ivory Coast 
(until 01/01/1986)
 
 
Current short name: Czech Republic  
(since 01/01/1993)
Previous short name/related records:
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic 
(from 20/04/1990 to 01/01/1993)
Czechoslovakia 
(until 20/04/1990)
 
 
 
Current short name: Democratic Republic of the Congo  
(since 17/05/1997)
Previous short name/related records:
Zaire 
(from 27/10/1971 to 17/05/1997)
Democratic Republic of the Congo 
(until 27/10/1971)
 
 
 
Current short name: Egypt  
(since 02/09/1971)
Previous short name/related records: United Arab Republic 
(from 22/02/1958 to 02/09/1971)
 
 
Current short name: Germany 
(since 03/10/1990)
Previous short name/related records:
Federal Republic of Germany 
(until 03/10/1990)
German Democratic Republic 
(until 03/10/1990)
 
 
 
Current short name: Iran (Islamic Republic of) 
(since 14/11/1982)
Previous short name/related records:
Islamic Republic of Iran 
(since 01/04/1979)
Iran 
(from 21/03/1935 to 01/04/1979)
Persia 
(prior to 21/03/1935)
 
 
 
Current short name: Lao People's Democratic Republic 
(since 22/12/1975)
Previous short name/related records: Laos 
(until 22/12/1975)
 
 
Current short name: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 
(since 18/04/1977)
Previous short name/related records:
Libyan Arab Republic 
(from 06/01/1970 to 18/04/1977)
Libya 
(prior to 06/01/1970)
 
 
 
Current short name: Malaysia 
(since 16/09/1963)
Previous short name/related records: Federation of Malaya 
(until 16/09/1963)
 
 
Current short name: Maldives 
(since 14/04/1969)
Previous short name/related records: Maldive Islands 
(until 14/04/1969)
 
 
Current short name: Myanmar 
(since 18/06/1989)
Previous short name/related records: Burma 
(until 18/06/1989)
 
 
 
Current short name: Namibia 
(since 21/03/1990)
Previous short name/related records: Namibia (UN Council for Namibia) 
(until 21/03/1990)
 
 
 
Current short name: Russian Federation 
(since 24/12/1991)
Previous short name/related records: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 
(until 24/12/1991)
 
 
Current short name: Saint Kitts-Nevis 
(since 29/12/1986)
Previous short name/related records: Saint Christopher-Nevis 
(until 29/12/1986)
 
 
Current short name: Slovakia 
(since 01/10/1993)
Previous short name/related records:
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic 
(from 20/04/1990 to 01/01/1993)
Czechoslovakia 
(from 26/06/1945 to 20/04/1990)
 
 
 
Current short name: South Africa 
(since 31/05/1961)
Previous short name/related records: Union of South Africa 
(until 31/05/1961)
 
 
Current short name: Sri Lanka 
(since 29/08/1972)
Previous short name/related records: Ceylon 
(until 29/08/1972)
 
 
Current short name: Suriname 
(since 23/01/1978)
Previous short name/related records: Territory of Surinam 
(until 23/01/1978)
 
 
Current short name: Syrian Arab Republic 
(since 13/09/1971)
Previous short name/related records:
Syria 
(prior to 22/02/1958 and after 27/09/1961)
United Arab Republic 
(from 22/02/1958 to 27/09/1961)
 
 
 
 
Current short name: Ukraine 
(since 24/08/1991)
Previous short name/related records: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 
(until 23/08/1991)
 
 
Current short name: United Republic of Tanzania 
(since 02/11/1964) 
Previous short name/related records: United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar 
(from 26/04/1964 to 02/11/1964)
 
 
Current short name: Viet Nam 
(since 22/05/1990)
Previous short name/related records:
Democratic Republic of Viet Nam 
(until 02/07/1976)
South Viet Nam 
(prior to 02/07/1976)
 
 
 
 

Current short name: Yemen 
(since 22/05/1990)
Previous short name/related records:
Yemen Arab Republic 
(prior to 22/05/1990)
Democratic Yemen / Southern Yemen 
(since 14/12/1967)
 
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