FormationThe 1990s

Formation in the 1990s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 1990s — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 1990 to 1998. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
4
Nations
4
Earliest
1990
Latest
1998
Africa
1
Asia
1
Europe
1
Oceania
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Asia

    Yemen

    Unification of the Republic of Yemen

    North and South Yemen merged into the Republic of Yemen with Sanaa as capital and Ali Abdullah Saleh as president, ending more than two decades of partition.

    Era: Unification and the Republic of Yemen

    Sources: A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Yemen · U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Yemen: History (ancient kingdoms, Islam, the imamate, unification and war) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Europe

    Czechia

    The Velvet Divorce and birth of the Czech Republic

    After a 1992 vote to divide, Czechoslovakia split peacefully on 1 January 1993 into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; the Czech Republic later joined NATO in 1999 and the EU in 2004.

    Era: Expulsion, Communism, the Velvet Revolution and the Modern Republic

    Sources: Velvet Divorce · Encyclopaedia Britannica, NATO member countries (Czechia joined 12 March 1999) · North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 20 years together: the 2004 EU enlargement · European Commission

  3. Africa

    Eritrea

    Formal independence

    Eritrea proclaims itself a sovereign state and is admitted to the United Nations days later; Isaias Afwerki becomes its first president.

    Era: Independence, Border War and the Closed State

    Sources: 1993 Eritrean independence referendum · Wikipedia, A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition: Eritrea · U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian

  4. Oceania

    New Caledonia

    Nouméa Accord signed

    The Nouméa Accord set out a gradual, declared-irreversible transfer of powers, recognition of Kanak identity and up to three referendums on full sovereignty, making New Caledonia a sui generis collectivity within the French Republic.

    Era: Matignon and the Nouméa Accord

    Sources: Agreement on New Caledonia signed in Nouméa on 5 May 1998 (Nouméa Accord) · Government of France (Embassy of France), New Caledonia — The United Nations and Decolonization · United Nations, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, New Caledonia — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica