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{{Short description|Government assertion of authority over uncontrolled territory}}
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An '''exclusive mandate''' is a government's assertion of its legitimate authority over a certain territory, part of which another government controls with stable, ''[[de facto]]'' [[sovereignty]]. It is also known as a claim to sole representation or an exclusive authority claim. The concept was particularly important during the [[Cold War]] period when a number of states were divided on ideological grounds.
== Germany from 1949 to 1990 ==
{{Further|History of Germany (1945–1990)|Cold War}}
=== Federal Republic of Germany ===
{{Refimprove section|date=March 2018}}{{Further|West Germany}}
For nearly all of the 41 years that [[Germany]] was split into two countries, the [[West Germany|Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)]] claimed to be the sole legitimate successor to the [[German Reich]] that existed from 1871 to 1945. This claim was initially based solely on the government's mandate by virtue of [[Election#Difficulties with elections|free elections]]. To that end, it claimed [[Berlin]], capital of united Germany from 1871 to 1945, as its capital, with the provisional capital in [[Bonn]].
In a statement made before the [[Bundestag]], German Chancellor [[Konrad Adenauer]] asserted this mandate as early as October 21, 1949, in response to the constitution of the [[German Democratic Republic]] (GDR) coming into effect. The Secretary of State Summit of the three western powers on September 18, 1950 in [[New York City]], supported Chancellor Adenauer's claim.
When the [[Soviet Union]] proclaimed the sovereignty of the GDR, the West German [[Bundestag]] once again unanimously insisted that the Federal Republic was the sole legitimate representative of the German people. At the [[Treaties of Paris (1954)|Treaties of Paris]] (''[[:de:Pariser Verträge|Pariser Verträge]]''), at which the Federal Republic of Germany was admitted into the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]], the allied nations adopted the position which the three western allies had already confirmed at the [[Nine-Power Conference]] in [[London]]: that the Federal Republic had the exclusive right to act on behalf of the entire German people in matters of foreign policy. The western nations thereby recognized the Federal Republic as the only lawful government for Germany as a whole.
Aside from such considerations pertaining to international law, the [[reunification clause]] of the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|Basic Law]] suggested that international recognition of the German Democratic Republic was to be avoided, so as not to sever the constitutional mandate to a unified German state.
Until 1973, the Federal Republic took a strict line in claiming an exclusive mandate for all of Germany. Under the [[Hallstein Doctrine]], the Federal Republic broke diplomatic relations with states that maintained diplomatic relations with the GDR, except for the Soviet Union. On different levels, such as in international sports, there were, however, a wide range of international cooperations which even led to unified German teams in six Olympic Games (three Winter and three Summer Games).<ref>[[Arnd Krüger]]: ''Sport und Politik, Vom Turnvater Jahn zum Staatsamateur.'' Hannover: Fackelträger 1975. {{ISBN|3-7716-2087-2}}.</ref> Over time, especially after the election of a social-liberal coalition led by [[Willy Brandt]] in 1969, the exclusive mandate was softened, as it severely limited the Federal Republic's domestic and international autonomy. Starting in 1973, under the ''[[Ostpolitik]]'' policy, the Federal Republic took the line that the Democratic Republic was, ''[[de jure]]'', a state within a single German nation which could also function legally within international law as a sovereign state, while reasserting that the Federal Republic was itself the sole legitimate representative of a continuing German Reich that remained otherwise without institutional organisation; thereby relinquishing any claim to be ''[[de jure]]'' the government of Germany as a whole outside of its own boundaries until such time as the two German states might be reunified.<ref>{{citation|first=Peter E |last=Quint|title=The Imperfect Union: Constitutional Structures for German Unification |date=1991 |publisher=Princeton University Press|page= 14]}}</ref>
Judicially, an exclusive mandate had been claimed to have arisen from the proposition that the German state as a whole had been preserved, that only one German state could legitimately exist, and that that one state was identical with the Federal Republic. The German Democratic Republic was therefore held to be an illegally constituted [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[puppet state]] occupying territory that rightfully belonged to the Federal Republic, thus lacking autonomy. An alternate view held that the GDR was in a state of [[civil war]] with the FRG government, and therefore could not be recognized as a state under [[international law]]. A third, the so-called "umbrella state" theory, entails the existence of two fragment states under the umbrella of a single German nation that had been formed in 1871 and which had never actually been annihilated; this theory arose in the late 1960s and was maintained in a ruling of the [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany]] of 31 July 1973 upholding the "[[Basic Treaty (1972)|Basic Treaty]]" by which relations between East and West Germany were normalised. Crucially, although the Constitutional Court reaffirmed the proposition that the pre-1945 German state had been preserved and organised, albeit partially, solely in the institutions of the Federal Republic, the Justices explicitly rejected the proposition that this would imply an exclusive mandate; "...identity does not require exclusivity".<ref>{{citation|url=https://law.utexas.edu/transnational/foreign-law-translations/german/case.php?id=589|title=Texas Law: Foreign Law Translations 1973|publisher=[[University of Texas]]|access-date=7 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220152049/https://law.utexas.edu/transnational/foreign-law-translations/german/case.php?id=589|archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>
With the admission of both German states to the [[United Nations]] in 1973, matters regarding the exclusive mandate were no longer relevant. Nevertheless, the Constitutional Court maintained that the Federal Republic continued to bear a responsibility for the whole German people; albeit that this responsibility could only be discharged in respect of Germans physically present in its territory or within its jurisdiction. Accordingly, the Federal Republic of Germany did not recognize a distinct citizenship for the German Democratic Republic; if East Germans presented themselves in West Germany, or at a West German embassy in a third country, they could obtain a West German passport. Generally, the Federal Republic considered East Germans to be German citizens under the old 1871–1945 all-German citizenship (i.e. ''Bundesbürger'', citizens of West Germany). Refugees who fled from the GDR were therefore not deported, and automatically qualified for West German citizenship.
In addition, visitors from the GDR would receive a West German passport upon request, for example, in order to ease travel to the United States. After the fall of the Berlin wall in November 1989, East Germans were greeted with [[Begrüßungsgeld]] (100 West German [[Deutsche Mark]]) and could travel freely within West Germany, while West German access to the East was still hindered for some weeks by visa and the [[Mindestumtausch]] mandatory minimum exchange of 25 DM.
=== German Democratic Republic (1949–90) ===
{{Unreferenced section|date=March 2018}}{{Further|East Germany}}
The 1949 constitution of the German Democratic Republic also acknowledged that Germany was an indivisible republic, and thus there was only one German citizenship. The GDR, therefore, was also founded on the premise of future reunified German state. Initially, it regarded the West German regime as an illegally constituted NATO puppet state, a line accepted by most of the [[Eastern bloc]]. The GDR erected the [[Berlin Wall]] in 1961 partly to prevent Germans moving freely within Germany. In 1974, however, the reunification clause was stricken from the GDR's constitution. Thereafter, it regarded itself as a separate state from West Germany. The Communist regime collapsed{{CN|date=March 2021}} in the fall of 1989. East Germany lingered on for another year until it declared its accession to the Federal Republic in the [[German reunification]] of 1990.
== China ==
{{Refimprove section|date=May 2020}}
{{Further|One China|Two Chinas|1992 Consensus|Chinese legitimacy question}}
[[File:ROC Administrative and Claims.svg|300px|thumb|right|Map showing the ''de jure'' territorial claims of the ROC and the PRC.]]
The [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] (ROC) was established in [[mainland China]] in 1912 following the conclusion of the [[1911 Revolution]] which led to the collapse of the [[Qing dynasty]]. In 1927, the [[Chinese Civil War]] broke out between the [[Kuomintang]]-led [[Nationalist government]] and the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP).
Since 1949–1950, the ''de facto'' territories of the [[Taiwan|ROC]] are limited to the [[Free area of the Republic of China|Taiwan Area]] which includes the main island of Taiwan and Penghu (acquired by the ROC from Japan in 1945 at the conclusion of hostiles in World War II) along with [[List of islands of Taiwan|several other islands]].<ref name="China1">{{cite book|last1=Sarmento|first1=Clara|title=Eastwards / Westwards: Which Direction for Gender Studies in the 21st Century?|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VvcYBwAAQBAJ&q=people%27s+republic+of+china+controls+mainland+china+hong+kong+macau&pg=PA127|page=127|publisher=Cambridge Scholars |isbn=9781443808682}}</ref><ref name="China2">{{cite book|last1=Henckaerts|first1=Jean-Marie|title=The International Status of Taiwan in the New World Order: Legal And Political Considerations|year=1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9kuVIayxDoC&q=roc+1949+taiwan+effective+control&pg=PA117|page=117|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |isbn=9789041109293}}</ref> Meanwhile, the [[China|People's Republic of China]] (PRC), established in 1949 by the CCP, controls mainland China, [[Hong Kong]] (since 1997) and [[Macau]] (since 1999).<ref name="China1"/> Officially, both the ROC and the PRC claim ''de jure'' sovereignty over all of China (including Taiwan to which the ownership of sovereignty is disputed), and regard the other government as illegitimate.<ref name="China1"/><ref name="China3">{{cite book|last1=Hudson|first1=Christopher|title=The China Handbook|year=2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hm63AwAAQBAJ&q=prc+and+roc+legitimacy&pg=PA59|page=59|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134269662}}</ref><ref name="China4">{{cite book|author1-link=Shelley Rigger|last1=Rigger|first1=Shelley|title=Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Reform|year=2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hiiEAgAAQBAJ&q=roc+limited+to+taiwan&pg=PA60|page=60|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134692972}}</ref> Japan formally severed the claim to Taiwan and Penghu islands upon the signing of the [[Treaty of San Francisco]] in April 1952, which has left the [[Theory of the Undetermined Status of Taiwan|status of Taiwan undetermined]].<ref>{{cite book |author1-link=Chen Lung-chu | last = Chen | first = Lung-chu | title = The U.S.-Taiwan-China Relationship in International Law and Policy | date = 2016 | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | ___location = [[Oxford]] | page = 80 | isbn = 978-0190601126}}</ref>
Until 1971, the ROC was the [[China and the United Nations|representative of member state "China"]] at the [[United Nations]] (UN) in which "China" is a permanent member of the [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]] with veto power.<ref name="China5">{{cite book|last1=Froehlich|first1=Annette|last2=Seffinga|first2=Vincent|title=The United Nations and Space Security: Conflicting Mandates between UNCOPUOS and the CD|year=2019|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U42oDwAAQBAJ&q=roc+United+Nations+1971&pg=PA40|page=40|publisher=Springer |isbn=9783030060251}}</ref> In 1971, the PRC [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758|replaced]] the ROC as the representative of "China" at the UN.<ref name="China5"/> Since 1972, the ROC has been excluded from all UN subcommittees. After the UN switched recognition from the ROC to the PRC, many states [[Dates of establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China|followed suit]]. At present, the ROC maintains [[Foreign relations of Taiwan|official diplomatic relations]] with 12 UN member states and the [[Holy See]]; many other states maintain unofficial relations with the ROC. The UN formally designates ROC-held territories as "[[Taiwan, China|Taiwan, Province of China]]".
The ROC currently participates in numerous international events and organizations under the name "[[Chinese Taipei]]" while the [[World Trade Organization]] officially refers to ROC-controlled territories as the "Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu".{{cn|date=May 2023}}
However, the ROC continued its claim of being the sole [[Two Chinas|legitimate government of China]] and its territory until 1991 when it ceased to [[Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion|label the Communist Party as a rebellious group]] and recognized its jurisdiction over mainland China.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Han Cheung |date=25 April 2021 |title=Taiwan in Time: The 'communist rebellion' finally ends |work=[[Taipei Times]] |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2021/04/25/2003756299 |url-status=live |access-date=2 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022130449/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2021/04/25/2003756299 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |quote=...Most importantly, with the repeal of the temporary provisions, the Chinese Communist Party would no longer be seen as a rebel group. "From now on, we will see the Chinese Communist Party as a political entity that controls the mainland region and we will call them the 'mainland authorities' or the 'Chinese Communist authorities'," President Lee said during the press conference}}</ref> From that point on, the claims had been softened with the rise of [[Taiwanese nationalism]] and [[Taiwan independence movement]].{{cn|date=May 2023}} The ROC's claim of sovereignty over territories under the control of the PRC is not actively pursued under the pro-independence [[Democratic Progressive Party]]-led government.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
==Korea==
{{Further|Division of Korea|Korean conflict}}
When [[North Korea]] and [[South Korea]] were created within months of each other in 1948, both claimed sovereignty over the entire Korean peninsula. Both states claimed that the other was an unlawfully constituted puppet state of the United States and the Soviet Union, respectively. In 1991, however, both countries joined the UN, as part of their reconciliation policy. By 2024, the North formally abandoned the peaceful reunification while the South maintains the exclusive mandate.<ref name="NoUnity">{{Cite news |last=Ng |first=Kelly |date=17 October 2024 |title=N Korean constitution now calls South 'hostile state' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wnxlxxwq2o |access-date=25 October 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 October 2024 |title=Moment North Korea blows up roads connecting to South Korea |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c70wgxr4zndo |access-date=25 October 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
==Vietnam==
{{Unreferenced section|date=March 2018}}{{Further|1954 Geneva Conference|Vietnam War}}
The [[North Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam]] was proclaimed in 1945; the [[South Vietnam|Republic of Vietnam]] gained its independence from [[France]] in 1954 and France also recognized the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1954 while Vietnam was divided in the same year. While elections were intended to be held in 1955 to reunite the country, they never took place. For the next 20 years, both staked claims to all of Vietnam, claiming that the other was an illegally constituted puppet state. This continued until [[Fall of Saigon|the capital of South Vietnam was captured by the pro-North Vietnamese government in its civil war]] on 30 April 1975. Vietnam was reunited under the communist regime of the North in 1976.
When some European countries (such as [[Switzerland]]) started recognizing North Vietnam towards the end of the Vietnam war, South Vietnam did not interrupt its diplomatic relations with them. Switzerland thus recognized North Vietnam in 1971 but also turned its consulate in [[Saigon]] (South Vietnam) into an embassy until the end of the war in 1975.
In 1979, Vietnam [[Cambodian–Vietnamese War|invaded and occupied]] [[Cambodia]] (at that time was ruled by the [[Khmer Rouge]] as [[Democratic Kampuchea]]) establishing the [[People's Republic of Kampuchea]], but it was dismissed by the [[China|People's Republic of China]] as a "puppet state". At the time, both of the countries had disputed the claims of being the sole legitimate representative of all the [[Khmer people]] of Cambodia in the [[United Nations]]. This resulted in its seat being retained by the [[Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea]], a coalition government formed in 1982 as a [[government in exile]] and composed of the royalist [[FUNCINPEC]] party, the republican [[Khmer People's National Liberation Front]] and the Khmer Rouge-backed [[Party of Democratic Kampuchea]].
==Afghanistan==
{{further|2021 Taliban offensive}}
From 1996 to 2001, the [[Taliban]] controlled two-thirds of Afghanistan during the [[Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)|conflict]] against the [[Northern Alliance]]. After the overthrow in [[Battle of Tora Bora|2001]], the new Afghan government re-established control of the country though the Taliban retained parts of it.
Following the American withdrawal and subsequent [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|takeover of Kabul]] twenty years later, the Taliban re-established control in Afghanistan as a [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan|theocratic emirate]], though the [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan]] remains internationally recognized.
==Syria==
{{Unreferenced section|date=March 2018}}
{{main|Syrian Civil War}}
A similar situation occurred at the start of the [[Syrian Civil War]] in March 2011 when two governments claimed sovereignty over the whole Syria: The [[Ba'athist Syria|Ba'athist Syrian government]] headed by [[Bashar al-Assad]] and the [[Syrian opposition|various opposition groups]] seeking to remove Assad consisting of the [[National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces]], [[Syrian National Council]] and the [[Syrian Interim Government]]. Both entities are considered puppet entities backed by the [[Russia|Russian Federation]]/[[Iran]] and the [[United States]]/[[Saudi Arabia]].
In addition, the [[Islamic State|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIS/ISIL), a [[Sunni Islam]]ist fundamentalist militant group, controlled part of the Syrian territory along with portions of neighbouring [[Iraq]]. In a more ambiguous situation, the Kurdish territory of northeast Syria became controlled by Syrian Kurdish federal state [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Rojava]] when Syrian government forces left the area, or areas were liberated from ISIL occupation. Since the end of the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967, [[Israel]] has occupied the [[Golan Heights]] in southwestern Syria, only to ''de facto'' annex it in 1981.
Eventually, the Syrian rebel groups [[2024 Syrian opposition offensives|took control]] of the country by early December 2024, causing the [[Fall of the Assad regime|Assad regime to crumble]].
==Yemen==
{{Unreferenced section|date=June 2021}}
{{main|Yemeni crisis (2011–present)}}
Like the Syrian situation, Yemen is governed by two regimes claiming to be sole legitimate government of the Yemeni state amidst the [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|ongoing civil war]]: The [[Cabinet of Yemen|current government]] led by president [[Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi]] which is currently recognized by [[Saudi Arabia]], the [[United States]] and the [[United Nations]] and the [[Supreme Political Council]] led by the [[Houthi movement]] in [[Sana'a]] is recognized by [[Iran]] and a few countries.
The [[Southern Transitional Council]], formed in 2017, seeks the restoration of the former [[South Yemen]]i state that was unified in 1990 with [[Yemen Arab Republic|North Yemen]]. This group is supported by the [[United Arab Emirates]].
==Israeli and Palestinian territories==
{{main|United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine|Arab–Israeli conflict|Israeli–Palestinian conflict}}
{{Expand section|date=December 2016}}
==See also==
* [[Hallstein Doctrine]]
* [[List of states with limited recognition]]
* [[List of historical unrecognized countries]]
* [[Post-Soviet conflicts]]
* [[Rival government]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Diplomacy}}
{{Syrian Civil War}}
[[Category:Cold War]]
[[Category:Government]]
[[Category:Political geography]]
[[Category:Political history of Germany]]
[[Category:Politics of East Germany]]
[[Category:Sovereignty]]
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