Uzbekistan
1 September 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
Vanuatu
30 July 1980 (from France and the UK)
Venezuela
5 July 1811 (from Spain)
Vietnam
2 September 1945 (from France)
Virgin Islands
none (territory of the US)
Wallis and Futuna
none (overseas territory of France)
Yemen
22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen was established with the merger
of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the
Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen
(Aden) or South Yemen]); note - previously North Yemen became
independent in November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and became a
republic with the overthrow of the theocratic Imamate in 1962; South
Yemen became independent on 30 November 1967 (from the UK)
Zambia
24 October 1964 (from the UK)
Zimbabwe
18 April 1980 (from the UK)
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