Which of the following statements best analyzes why international recognition is important for sovereignty and/or self-determination?
Responses
1) International recognition is an important step to recognizing a country’s culture and the social identity of the people who live within that country.
2) International recognition can help improve a territory’s ability to protect itself successfully and also gain access to participating in beneficial global organizations.
3) Places that do not have international recognition will always be experiencing conflict and cannot create peaceful governments on their own.
4) It is not possible for self-determination to occur in a territory unless other countries have determined that a place can govern itself on its own.