Practice question
Under Article 3 of the Montevideo Convention, how is a state's political existence related to recognition by other states?
- Political existence is independent of recognition.
- Political existence begins only upon unanimous recognition.
- Recognition replaces the requirement of government.
- Recognition supplies territory where none exists.
- United Nations membership is the sole source of political existence.
Legal references
- Montevideo Convention, Articles 1 and 3: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/intam03.asp
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