#Somaliland and United Kingdom relations

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Holidays 6.26

Holidays

Alexandra Rose Day

American Lottery Day

Anti Drugs Day (India)

Armed Forces Day (Azerbaijan; UK)

Bar Code Day (a.k.a. UPC Day)

Beautician's Day

Bike to Work Day (Colorado)

Boardwalk Day

Canoe Day

Crimean Tatar National Flag Day (Ukraine)

Festival of the Tarasque (France)

Flag Day (Romania)

Forgiveness Day

Global Africa Day

Good Earth Day

Good Manners Day

Guru Rinpoche Day (Bhutan)

Harry Potter Day

Human Genome Day

International Angel Shark Day

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (UN)

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (UN)

International Stitch Day

LGBTQ Equality Day

LP Demonstration Day

Murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne Anniversary Day (Batman)

National Beautician’s Day

National Cancer Wellness Awareness Day (Canada)

National Canoe Day (Canada)

National DCE (Director of Christian Education) Day

National Fossil Day (Australia)

National Milkman Day

National Ranboo Day

National Rat Catcher’s Day

National Report Trade Agreement Act Fraud Day

National Sarah Day

National Sports Day (Fiji)

National Toothbrush Day

National Zachary Day

Ommegang Pageant begins (Belgium) [Ends 7.6]

Pied Piper of Hamelin Day (according to the Brothers Grimm)

Prosecutor’s Office Employees Day (Belarus)

Public Prosecutors’ Day (Turkmenistan)

Reserves Day (UK)

Same Sex Marriage Day

Senior Citizen’s Day (Mason County, Michigan)

Shallot Day (French Republic)

Shreya Ghoshai Day (Ohio)

626 Day (Lilo & Stitch)

Sunthorn Phu Day (Thailand)

Supply Chain Geek Day

Support. Don’t Punish. Global Day of Action.

UN Charter Day

World Bunny Chow Day

World Nupe Day (Nigeria)

World Refrigeration Day

Wrong Trousers Day (Wallace & Gromit)

Ziua Tricolorului (Flag Day; Romania)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Chocolate Pudding Day

National Coconut Day

National Haskap Berry Day

Tropical Cocktails Day

Independence & Related Days

Batanes Day (Philippines)

Madagascar (from France, 1960)

Schwanensee (Swan Lake; Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Somaliland (from UK; 1960)

St. George (Principality Declared; 2007) [unrecognized]

4th & Last Wednesday in June

National Day of Joy [Last Wednesday]

National Parchment Day [Last Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning June 26 (4th Full Week)

Glastonbury Festival (thru 6.30) [Last Weekend]

National Tire Safety Week (thru 7.2)

Festivals Beginning June 26, 2024

Beauregard Parish Watermelon Festival (DeRidder, Louisiana) [thru 6.29]

Carnival of Veracruz (Veracruz, Mexico) [thru 7.2]

Flavors of Albany Park (Chicago, Illinois)

Fusion Festival (Lärz, Germany) [thru 6.30]

Glastonbury Festival (Pilton, United Kingdom) [thru 6.30]

Linn County Fair (Central City, Iowa) [thru 6.30]

Monmouth Fair (Monmouth, Maine) [thru 6.29]

Niort Jazz Festival (Niort, France) [thru 6.28]

Seoul International Book Fair (Seoul, South Korea) [thru 6.30]

Smithsonian Folklife Festival (Washington, DC) [thru 7.1]

Sun Valley Center Wine Auction (Sun Valley, Idaho) [thru 6.28]

VidCon Anaheim (Anaheim, California) [thru 6.29]

Feast Days

Anthelm of Belley (Christian; Saint)

Archie McPhee Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Branwell Brontë (Artology)

Carbonara Day (Pastafarian)

Centre Earth Secret Entrance Reveal Day (Mount Scartaris; Ancient Iceland)

Corn-Ripening Ceremony (Native American Corn Mothers)

Daoud Corm (Artology)

David the Dendrite (Christian; Saint)

El Cid (Positivist; Saint)

Enzo Apicella (Artology)

Feast of All Saints

Feast of Salavi (Spruce Tree Rain God; Native American)

Handing Back of Tiger-Get-By’s Presents (Shamanism)

Hermogius (Christian; Saint)

Isabel Florence Hapgood (Episcopal Church)

Jack (Muppetism)

Jan Paweł Lelewel (Artology)

Jeremiah (Lutheran)

John and Paul (Christian; Martyrs)

John of the Goths (Christian; Saint)

José María Robles Hurtado (One of Saints of the Cristero War; Christian)

Josemaría Escrivá (Christian; Saint)

Lev Grossman (Writerism)

Lynd Ward (Artology)

Mar Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Maria (Muppetism)

Maxentius (Christian; Saint)

Milton Glaser (Artology)

Pearl S. Buck (Writerism)

Pelagius of Córdoba (Christian; Saint)

Pelayo (Christian; Saint)

Salvius and Superius (a.k.a. Suave; Christian; Saints)

Solstitium I (Pagan)

Summer Poem Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Vigilius of Trent (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

After the Rain, by Nelson (Album; 1990)

Arctic Antics (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1930)

Baby, I Love Your Way, by Peter Frampton (Song; 1976)

The Bear and the Hare (MGM Cartoon; 1948)

The Big Clock, by Kenneth Fearing (Novel; 1946)

Darby O’Gill and the Little People (Film; 1959)

Delta of Venus, by Anaïs Nin (Short Stories; 1977)

Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1870) [Ring of the Nibelung #2]

Donald in Mathematic Land (Disney Cartoon; 1959)

The Dower House Mystery, by Patricia Wentworth (Novel; 1925)

Dragonslayer (Film; 1981)

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Film; 2020)

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, by Hunter S. Thompson (Political Book; 1973)

For Your Eyes Only (US Film; 1981) [James Bond #12]

Freeway Fracas (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1964)

Full Metal Jacket (Film; 1987)

The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin Film; 1925)

Goo, by Sonic Youth (Album; 1990)

The Great Muppet Caper (Film; 1981)

A Hard Day’s Night, by The Beatles (Album; 1964)

The Hurt Locker (Film; 2009)

Illustrated Daily News (Daily Newspaper; 1919) [1st illustrated daily newspaper in U.S.]

I Wanna Be a Lifeguard (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1936)

Jean de Florette (Film; 1987)

Little Rover (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1935)

The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson (Short Story; 1948)

The Mad King (Terrytoons Cartoons; 1932)

Muzzle Tough (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

My Spy (Film; 2020)

Never a Dull Moment (Film; 1968)

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (Animated Film; 1973)

Out of Sight (Film; 1998)

The Philosopher’s Stone (a.k.a. Sorcerer's Stone), by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 1997) [Harry Potter #1]

Pink-A-Boo (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1966)

Spaceballs (Film; 1987)

Sparky the Firefly (Terrytoons Cartoons; 1953)

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (Film; 1952)

Stripes (Film; 1981)

Suffering’ Cats (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1961)

Sweet Sioux (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Symphony No. 9, by Gustav Mahler (Symphony; 1912)

Tax Man Tax (Money Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1995)

Ted 2 (Film; 2015)

Titus Groan, by Mervyn Peake (Novel; 1946) [Gormenghast #1]

A Tough Egg (Terrytoons Cartoons; 1936)

Who Let the Dogs Out, by the Baha Men (Album; 2000)

Wilful Willie (Terrytoons Cartoons; 1942)

Yankee Doddle Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1943)

Today’s Name Days

Anthelm, Vigilius (Austria)

David (Bulgaria)

Ivan, Pavao, Vigilije, Zoran (Croatia)

Adriana (Czech Republic)

Pelagius (Denmark)

Manivald, Vaane, Vaano, Vaino, Vane, Vanevald (Estonia)

Jarkko, Jarmo, Jarno, Jere, Jeremias, Jorma (Finland)

Anthelme (France)

David, Konstantin, Paul, Vigil (Germany)

Makarios (Greece)

János, Pál (Hungary)

Elisa, Filippo, Rodolfo, Vigilio (Italy)

Ausma, Dzejs, Ingūna, Inguns, Ulvis (Latvia)

Jaunius, Jaunutis, Viltautė, Virgilijus (Lithuania)

Jenny, Jonny (Norway)

Jan, Jeremi, Jeremiasz, Paweł, Zdziwoj (Poland)

David (România)

Adriána (Slovakia)

José, Pelayo (Spain)

Lea, Rakel (Sweden)

Arley, Harlan, Harlene, Harley, Thelma (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 178 of 2024; 188 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 26 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 21 (Xin-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 20 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 19 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 28 Blue; Sevenday [28 of 30]

Julian: 13 June 2024

Moon: 72%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 9 Charlemagne (7th Month) [El Cid]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 7 of 94)

Week: 4th Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 6 of 31)

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Holidays 6.26

Holidays

Alexandra Rose Day

American Lottery Day

Anti Drugs Day (India)

Armed Forces Day (Azerbaijan; UK)

Bar Code Day (a.k.a. UPC Day)

Beautician's Day

Bike to Work Day (Colorado)

Boardwalk Day

Canoe Day

Crimean Tatar National Flag Day (Ukraine)

Festival of the Tarasque (France)

Flag Day (Romania)

Forgiveness Day

Global Africa Day

Good Earth Day

Good Manners Day

Guru Rinpoche Day (Bhutan)

Harry Potter Day

Human Genome Day

International Angel Shark Day

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (UN)

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (UN)

International Stitch Day

LGBTQ Equality Day

LP Demonstration Day

Murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne Anniversary Day (Batman)

National Beautician’s Day

National Cancer Wellness Awareness Day (Canada)

National Canoe Day (Canada)

National DCE (Director of Christian Education) Day

National Fossil Day (Australia)

National Milkman Day

National Ranboo Day

National Rat Catcher’s Day

National Report Trade Agreement Act Fraud Day

National Sarah Day

National Sports Day (Fiji)

National Toothbrush Day

National Zachary Day

Ommegang Pageant begins (Belgium) [Ends 7.6]

Pied Piper of Hamelin Day (according to the Brothers Grimm)

Prosecutor’s Office Employees Day (Belarus)

Public Prosecutors’ Day (Turkmenistan)

Reserves Day (UK)

Same Sex Marriage Day

Senior Citizen’s Day (Mason County, Michigan)

Shallot Day (French Republic)

Shreya Ghoshai Day (Ohio)

626 Day (Lilo & Stitch)

Sunthorn Phu Day (Thailand)

Supply Chain Geek Day

Support. Don’t Punish. Global Day of Action.

UN Charter Day

World Bunny Chow Day

World Nupe Day (Nigeria)

World Refrigeration Day

Wrong Trousers Day (Wallace & Gromit)

Ziua Tricolorului (Flag Day; Romania)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Chocolate Pudding Day

National Coconut Day

National Haskap Berry Day

Tropical Cocktails Day

Independence & Related Days

Batanes Day (Philippines)

Madagascar (from France, 1960)

Schwanensee (Swan Lake; Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

Somaliland (from UK; 1960)

St. George (Principality Declared; 2007) [unrecognized]

4th & Last Wednesday in June

National Day of Joy [Last Wednesday]

National Parchment Day [Last Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning June 26 (4th Full Week)

Glastonbury Festival (thru 6.30) [Last Weekend]

National Tire Safety Week (thru 7.2)

Festivals Beginning June 26, 2024

Beauregard Parish Watermelon Festival (DeRidder, Louisiana) [thru 6.29]

Carnival of Veracruz (Veracruz, Mexico) [thru 7.2]

Flavors of Albany Park (Chicago, Illinois)

Fusion Festival (Lärz, Germany) [thru 6.30]

Glastonbury Festival (Pilton, United Kingdom) [thru 6.30]

Linn County Fair (Central City, Iowa) [thru 6.30]

Monmouth Fair (Monmouth, Maine) [thru 6.29]

Niort Jazz Festival (Niort, France) [thru 6.28]

Seoul International Book Fair (Seoul, South Korea) [thru 6.30]

Smithsonian Folklife Festival (Washington, DC) [thru 7.1]

Sun Valley Center Wine Auction (Sun Valley, Idaho) [thru 6.28]

VidCon Anaheim (Anaheim, California) [thru 6.29]

Feast Days

Anthelm of Belley (Christian; Saint)

Archie McPhee Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Branwell Brontë (Artology)

Carbonara Day (Pastafarian)

Centre Earth Secret Entrance Reveal Day (Mount Scartaris; Ancient Iceland)

Corn-Ripening Ceremony (Native American Corn Mothers)

Daoud Corm (Artology)

David the Dendrite (Christian; Saint)

El Cid (Positivist; Saint)

Enzo Apicella (Artology)

Feast of All Saints

Feast of Salavi (Spruce Tree Rain God; Native American)

Handing Back of Tiger-Get-By’s Presents (Shamanism)

Hermogius (Christian; Saint)

Isabel Florence Hapgood (Episcopal Church)

Jack (Muppetism)

Jan Paweł Lelewel (Artology)

Jeremiah (Lutheran)

John and Paul (Christian; Martyrs)

John of the Goths (Christian; Saint)

José María Robles Hurtado (One of Saints of the Cristero War; Christian)

Josemaría Escrivá (Christian; Saint)

Lev Grossman (Writerism)

Lynd Ward (Artology)

Mar Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Maria (Muppetism)

Maxentius (Christian; Saint)

Milton Glaser (Artology)

Pearl S. Buck (Writerism)

Pelagius of Córdoba (Christian; Saint)

Pelayo (Christian; Saint)

Salvius and Superius (a.k.a. Suave; Christian; Saints)

Solstitium I (Pagan)

Summer Poem Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Vigilius of Trent (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

After the Rain, by Nelson (Album; 1990)

Arctic Antics (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1930)

Baby, I Love Your Way, by Peter Frampton (Song; 1976)

The Bear and the Hare (MGM Cartoon; 1948)

The Big Clock, by Kenneth Fearing (Novel; 1946)

Darby O’Gill and the Little People (Film; 1959)

Delta of Venus, by Anaïs Nin (Short Stories; 1977)

Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), by Richard Wagner (Opera; 1870) [Ring of the Nibelung #2]

Donald in Mathematic Land (Disney Cartoon; 1959)

The Dower House Mystery, by Patricia Wentworth (Novel; 1925)

Dragonslayer (Film; 1981)

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Film; 2020)

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, by Hunter S. Thompson (Political Book; 1973)

For Your Eyes Only (US Film; 1981) [James Bond #12]

Freeway Fracas (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1964)

Full Metal Jacket (Film; 1987)

The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin Film; 1925)

Goo, by Sonic Youth (Album; 1990)

The Great Muppet Caper (Film; 1981)

A Hard Day’s Night, by The Beatles (Album; 1964)

The Hurt Locker (Film; 2009)

Illustrated Daily News (Daily Newspaper; 1919) [1st illustrated daily newspaper in U.S.]

I Wanna Be a Lifeguard (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1936)

Jean de Florette (Film; 1987)

Little Rover (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1935)

The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson (Short Story; 1948)

The Mad King (Terrytoons Cartoons; 1932)

Muzzle Tough (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

My Spy (Film; 2020)

Never a Dull Moment (Film; 1968)

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (Animated Film; 1973)

Out of Sight (Film; 1998)

The Philosopher’s Stone (a.k.a. Sorcerer's Stone), by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 1997) [Harry Potter #1]

Pink-A-Boo (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1966)

Spaceballs (Film; 1987)

Sparky the Firefly (Terrytoons Cartoons; 1953)

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (Film; 1952)

Stripes (Film; 1981)

Suffering’ Cats (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1961)

Sweet Sioux (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Symphony No. 9, by Gustav Mahler (Symphony; 1912)

Tax Man Tax (Money Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1995)

Ted 2 (Film; 2015)

Titus Groan, by Mervyn Peake (Novel; 1946) [Gormenghast #1]

A Tough Egg (Terrytoons Cartoons; 1936)

Who Let the Dogs Out, by the Baha Men (Album; 2000)

Wilful Willie (Terrytoons Cartoons; 1942)

Yankee Doddle Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1943)

Today’s Name Days

Anthelm, Vigilius (Austria)

David (Bulgaria)

Ivan, Pavao, Vigilije, Zoran (Croatia)

Adriana (Czech Republic)

Pelagius (Denmark)

Manivald, Vaane, Vaano, Vaino, Vane, Vanevald (Estonia)

Jarkko, Jarmo, Jarno, Jere, Jeremias, Jorma (Finland)

Anthelme (France)

David, Konstantin, Paul, Vigil (Germany)

Makarios (Greece)

János, Pál (Hungary)

Elisa, Filippo, Rodolfo, Vigilio (Italy)

Ausma, Dzejs, Ingūna, Inguns, Ulvis (Latvia)

Jaunius, Jaunutis, Viltautė, Virgilijus (Lithuania)

Jenny, Jonny (Norway)

Jan, Jeremi, Jeremiasz, Paweł, Zdziwoj (Poland)

David (România)

Adriána (Slovakia)

José, Pelayo (Spain)

Lea, Rakel (Sweden)

Arley, Harlan, Harlene, Harley, Thelma (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 178 of 2024; 188 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 26 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 21 (Xin-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 20 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 19 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 28 Blue; Sevenday [28 of 30]

Julian: 13 June 2024

Moon: 72%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 9 Charlemagne (7th Month) [El Cid]

Runic Half Month: Feoh (Wealth) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 7 of 94)

Week: 4th Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 6 of 31)

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United Kingdom Shows Strong Sympathy For The Affected In Hargeisa’s Waaheen Market Fire

In what appears to be the highest tribute the PM @BorisJohnson has yet made to the people of #Somaliland & their resilience in the face of adversity, the PM showed hope that people will overcome this disaster as they did more awesome challenges before. #HargeisaMarketFire

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Somaliland and the UK Agree to Step-Up Relations as Amb Foster meets President Bihi

Somaliland and the UK Agree to Step-Up Relations as Amb Foster meets President Bihi

Somalilandsun: The people and government of the United Kingdom not only acknowledge but shall continue to support the democratization, development and Security garnered by Somaliland in three decades. This was stated by the British envoy to Somalia and Somaliland Ambassador Kate Foster during a courtesy call to President Musa Bihi . Amb Foster who was making her maiden visit to Somaliland since…

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Head of the British Office in Hargeisa visits Somaliland Mission in UK

Head of the British Office in Hargeisa visits Somaliland Mission in UK

The ambassador of the Republic of Somaliland to the United Kingdom and The Commonwealth HE Abdi A. Hersi has welcomed the Head of British Office in Hargeisa Mr. Stuart Brown. The two sides discussed numerous issues including the strengthening of the relations between the two countries.

Mr Brown also expressed his delight with the welcome he received from Somalilanders at home, and the immense…

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Navigating a path to independence

In the classic 1949 Ealing Comedy Passport to Pimlico, a small part of London (Pimlico) declares itself independent from the rest of the United Kingdom on the basis that the residents of Pimlico discover an old manuscript that reveals that where they live is actually part of the Duchy of Burgundy. The new-found independence of Pimlico causes all sorts of problems and after many Ealing-Comedy-type shenanigans, Pimlico - predictably - rejoins the United Kingdom.

The basis for the film is alleged to come from a real incident in Canada when in 1943 the maternity ward of a hospital was temporarily declared not to be part of Canada by the Canadian government so that when Princess Juliana of the Netherlands gave birth, the baby (Princess Margriet) was born on Dutch territory, and would not lose her right to the Dutch throne. 

Scenarios - real or imagined - such as these raise interesting legal and conceptual issues. How does somewhere become a country? Given the recent referendums on independence held in Iraqi Kurdistan and Catalonia, who decides when somewhere attains statehood? Is it enough just to have a referendum that decides the will of the people? And what happens if a territory looks and acts like a state but doesn't become recognized as such? 

International Law as embodied in documents such as the Charter of the United Nations (1945) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1976) are clear about people's rights of self-determination. However, it is not that simple. For instance, to create a new country you will inevitably need to make an existing country smaller, which creates legal and political problems, not least when armed conflict has arisen.  

For guidance on what a state actually is in international law, the clearest expression is a pre-UN document called the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933). It says that a state must have (1) a defined territory; (2) a permanent population; (3) a government and (4) a capacity to enter into relations with other states. As we will see, criterion (4) – in terms of relations and recognition – is usually the biggest problem for territories aspiring to statehood.

For an idea of how the process works, we have recent examples to draw on: East Timor, which achieved independence from Indonesia in 2002 and South Sudan, which gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. 

The first step is to have a referendum. Apart from its obvious democratic merits, it is a necessary expression of self-determination. There is precedent for this. For example, when Norway became a separate nation from Sweden in 1905, there was a referendum (won with 99.9% of the vote). In East Timor (1999) and Sudan (2011) there were also referendums, with both results clearly indicating a wish for independence. 

The second step is then to get the country of which you are a part to accept the result. Indonesia accepted the 1999 referendum and Sudan accepted the result of the 2011 referendum, so no problems arose. However, as we have seen with the referendum in Catalonia and the 2008 declaration of independence by Kosovo from Serbia (where the latter does not recognize the former as a state), this is not always straightforward. 

The third step is recognition by the outside world. It might be assumed that the United Nations is the body that is responsible for this. In actual fact it isn't; recognition is the purview of other sovereign states and is separate to membership of the UN, which is something different. This is why for instance the Palestinian territories are recognized by some counties as "the state of Palestine" but it only possesses "observer status" at the UN, i.e. it is not a full member. Kosovo, whose independence is recognized by 111 countries, is not a member of the UN at all. In the cases of East Timor and South Sudan, both countries were recognized and they are both full members of the UN.

Can you still be a country and not be part of the UN? Yes. For instance, the Vatican City is a sovereign state but is not a full member of the UN. There are also various territories and countries (as we have seen with Kosovo) that argue that they are states but that remain outside the UN. In fact these states have started their own version of the UN, the Unrepresented Peoples and Nations Organization (UPNO). It includes states one would expect (Somaliland, Taiwan, Tibet) and others that one would not (Brittany, Savoy (both in France) and Washington DC, which is not a state but rather a federal district with no representation in Congress).

However, it can't be denied that UN membership confers benefits for countries. Quite apart from prestige and status, UN membership gives countries real advantages. e.g. the benefits of international law, help and loans from the World Bank and the IMF, and the benefits of trade laws. It thus remains the case that if you want to be a fully-fledged sovereign nation, the imprimatur of the UN is still crucial. And if Liechtenstein, Monaco and San Marino managed to achieve UN recognition, perhaps an independent Pimlico is not that far-fetched after all?

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Section: "Turning points of the  century"

  20th century

Year 1966

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·          January 15 – A bloody military coup is  staged in Nigeria, deposing the civilian government.

·          January 19 – Indira  Gandhi is elected Prime Minister of India; she is sworn in January 24.

·          February 1 – West Germany procures some 2,600 political prisoners from East Germany.

·          February 19 – The naval minister of the United Kingdom, Christopher Mayhew, resigns.

·          March 2 – Kwame  Nkrumah arrives in Guinea and  is granted asylum.

·          April 3 – Luna 10 is the first  manmade object to enter lunar orbit.

·          April 19 – Bobbi Gibb becomes the first woman to run the Boston Marathon.

·          May 14 – Turkey and  Greece intend to start negotiations about the situation in Cyprus.

·          May 31 – The Philippines reestablishes diplomatic relations with Malaysia.

·          June 3 – Joaquín Balaguer is elected  president of the Dominican Republic.

·          June 5 – Gemini 9: Gene Cernan completes the second U.S. spacewalk (2 hours, 7  minutes).

·          June 18 – CIA chief William Raborn resigns; Richard Helms becomes his successor.

·          August 30 – France offers independence to French Somaliland  (later Djibouti in 1977).

·          September 7 – The ocean liner SS Hanseatic catches  fire and burns in New York Harbor.

·          September 9 – NATO decides  to move SHAPE headquarters  to Belgium.

·          October 3 – Tunisia severs  diplomatic relations with the United Arab Republic.

·          December 2 – U Thant agrees to serve a second term as U.N. Secretary  General.

·          December 22 – Prime Minister Ian Smith declares that Rhodesia is already a republic.

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If you don't offer quality content, relevant to the reader, your visibility in rankings will be non-existent, so the website copywriter and wider marketing team must have appropriate insight. Social media signals are also increasingly important to search bots, so you must be sure to educate the people managing your social network profiles so they know how to correctly optimise posts. Speak to your PR team too about how they can help to create valuable links to your website from relevant sources and ensure they are creating internal links from your on-site blog.

In my experience, people across a range of departments say they understand search and what they need to do, but they don't deliver when it comes to planning and undertaking optimised activity. The technical aspects can be a barrier as can confidence in their actions, but more often than not it's just a matter of them not being able to put the required thought and effort in. This is because, understandably, it's not really within their remit and therefore not their priority. Therefore, it's crucial to get buy in from all department heads and use a top down approach so that SEO becomes a priority for everyone that has the ability to add value.

I would suggest a single team or individual continues to manage your efforts from a central position, but almost all departments should be educated on the benefits, and pitfalls, of SEO. One way of tackling this is to create a training manual that first introduces the concept of SEO and best practice in a basic way and then details your own strategy, keywords and processes. This should be supplemented with the exact requirements placed on teams or individuals along with instances. For example, the social media team must schedule a post every two weeks that incorporates a keyword and a link and they must then monitor the engagement, click through numbers and keyword position in the local search engine. Or, the PR team must request a link to the website from every piece of online coverage, aiming for a certain percentage success rate.

Sharing case studies is a great way of motivating people, so try to explain activity in terms of what another brand has achieved. This can also be positioned in relation to your own objectives and what the benefit could be if these are reached; you want to rank on the first page of Google for a certain term and because X number of people search for this term on a monthly basis, you hope to see an increase in traffic of X. Such clear targets and messages of big ambition could give an early boost your integrated SEO activities.

Using your own reporting data is also key. Share the real-life benefits achieved, including positions in search engine rankings, visitors to the site, telephone enquiries that originated with a search and sales conversions. Most people like to know that they are making a difference so it's important to use such insight to continue motivating. What I also find helpful is to map activities against others, rankings and traffic data in order to find correlations. Using the annotation function in Google Analytics is one helpful way to record activity, but monitoring and reporting should be considered from the start and specified at the strategy stage.

Whether the business is relatively small, meaning some people look after more than one area, or it's a global corporation that utilises significant agency support, an integrated SEO approach is the same. Buy-in from the whole company, central strategic thought, clear departmental requirements and organisation is required. The resource required is far from small, but the returns gained by being at the top of search engine results pages can be enormous.

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332 – Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I. 1096 – First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany. 1152 – The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king 2 years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England. 1268 – The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch. 1291 – Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land. 1302 – Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia. 1388 – During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu leads a Chinese army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür, the Khan of Northern Yuan. 1499 – Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela. 1565 – The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta. 1593 – Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. 1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal. 1756 – The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France. 1783 – First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States. 1794 – Battle of Tourcoing during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. 1803 – Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France. 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate. 1811 – Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas. 1812 – John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. 1843 – The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland. 1848 – Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany. 1860 – Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State. 1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins. 1896 – The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional. 1896 – Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people. 1900 – The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga. 1912 – The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai. 1917 – World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription. 1926 – Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California. 1927 – The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan. 1927 – After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China. 1933 – New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority. 1944 – World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino. 1944 – Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government. 1948 – The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. 1951 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 93 relating to Palestine is adopted. 1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. 1955 – Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends. 1959 – Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea. 1965 – Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria. 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched. 1974 – Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. 1980 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. 1980 – Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms. 1990 – In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph). 1991 – Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community. 1993 – Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators. 1994 – Israeli troops finish retreating from the Gaza Strip after occupying it, giving the area to the Palestine to govern. 2005 – A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra. 2006 – The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country. 2009 – The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides. 2012 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 2048 relating to Guinea-Bissau is adopted. 2015 – At least 78 people die in a landslide caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.