Only in this way can the right to sovereignty and internal self-determination be realised.

And he helped persuade Palestinians, who now number five million to six million, to think of themselves as a people with a right to sovereignty.

It is the rights to sovereignty that the Arabs claim that still cause a lingering dispute.

Even Russian democrats have trouble recognizing Ukraine's right to sovereignty, let alone the hawks.

If Israelis do not have the right to sovereignty there, they can hardly justify sovereignty anywhere.

It is characterised primarily by openness to other countries and respect for their right to sovereignty and independence.

The Arab claim on the city consists of three elements: religious right, rights of residence and rights to sovereignty.

But he insisted that this must not put in question "our historical and inalienable rights to sovereignty over those usurped South Atlantic islands."

But they added, "The Lithuanian people have demonstrated unequivocally their desire to exercise their right to sovereignty."

In consequence of this, China declared it to be a state and a nation without sovereignty and without any right to sovereignty.

The Tibetan nation and state did indeed have a right to sovereignty, but not in the sense in which this is generally understood in Europe.

Since the Treaty was invalid, it was argued, the New Zealand government had no right to sovereignty over the country.

UN General Assembly resolution 58/292 affirmed that the Palestinian people have the right to sovereignty over East Jerusalem.

In The Discovery of India, Nehru argued that India was a historic nation with a right to sovereignty.

Rationalists believe that states have a right to sovereignty, particularly over territory, but that this sovereignty can be violated in exceptional circumstances, such as human rights violations.

"Our position is that our right to sovereignty is not is not open for negotiation, either now nor in the final status talks," Mr. Shaath said.

A charter member of the Arab League, Saudi Arabia has supported Palestinian rights to sovereignty, and called for withdrawal from the Occupied Territories since 1967.

Inasmuch as the essence of the Arab-Israeli conflict is legitimacy, the essence of the legitimacy issue is Israel's right to sovereignty in Jerusalem.

This also means that nations are, in essence, free to make their own choices as to how they will go about conducting policy without any international organizations blocking a nation's right to sovereignty.

Supporting Egypt's right to sovereignty over its territories and national waters and upholds the country's historical right to the leadership of both the Arab and Islamic regions.

Russia has also been denied by its own actions of repeated genocide and has no more right to sovereignty over survivors in Chechnya but merely the medieval law of the fist.

Richard Oakes (activist), Mohawk Native American activist who promoted the fundamental idea that Native peoples have a right to sovereignty, justice, respect and control over their own destinies.

While not the only group to do so, they insisted upon the Jewish right to sovereignty over the whole territory of Eretz Yisrael (originally encompassing all of Mandatory Palestine).

The senator, as chairman of a committee that controls money for Indian spending and public lands, has fought the tribes on everything from fishing rights to sovereignty and has blasted environmental organizations as extremist.

The Mari people have a right to sovereignty, independence and their own identity, as do all those fighting for the independence of countries and nations in the former USSR and elsewhere in the world.