Kyrgyzstan
31 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
Laos
19 July 1949 (from France)
Latvia
18 November 1918 (from the Soviet Russia)
Lebanon
22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under
French administration)
Lesotho
4 October 1966 (from the UK)
Liberia
26 July 1847
Libya
24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)
Liechtenstein
23 January 1719 (Principality of Liechtenstein
established); 12 July 1806 (independence from the Holy Roman Empire)
Lithuania
11 March 1990 (declared); 6 September 1991 (recognized by
the Soviet Union)
Luxembourg
1839 (from the Netherlands)