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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05.11.21 16:26, Brian Park via tz
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CABoAkD_VfDFeKj_wHU72THstACZZAkf3sKZn_31Yg=kOt=xg7Q@mail.gmail.com">Can
you explain why [no ISO countries]? Because it will cause
arguments about disputed places? I think only a small minority of
places around the world are disputed.</blockquote>
<p>Over the time I have been following this group:</p>
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<li>YAR, South Yemen -> Yemen<br>
</li>
<li>Zaire -> DRC</li>
<li>East Germany, West Germany -> Germany<br>
</li>
<li>Yugoslavia -> Croatia, Serbia & Montenegro, Bosnia
Herzegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia</li>
<li>Serbia & Montenegro -> Serbia, Montenegro</li>
<li>Serbia -> Serbia & Kosovo</li>
<li>Macedonia -> Northern Macedonia</li>
<li>Czechoslovakia, The Czech Republic, Slovakia</li>
<li>Czech Republic -> Czechia</li>
<li>Sudan -> Sudan, South Sudan</li>
<li>And then there's Russia and the Ukraine</li>
<li>Israel & Palestine<br>
</li>
<li>And South Africa and Namibia</li>
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<p>I'm sure I'm missing a few.<br>
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<p>You may say that these are a minority of nations, but these
changes have NOT by themselves necessitated ANY work on the part
of this project. That is a feature. To be clear, that work would
involve someone taking a political stance, even if that means
supporting UN decisions (that's a political decision). Better to
stick with what we have: observe what people on the ground think
the time is.<br>
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<p>Eliot<br>
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