Skip to main content
Welcome to the United Nations
Language:
Toggle navigation
العربية
中文
English
Français
Русский
Español
Linked Data Services
Toggle navigation
About
Contact Us
Our Activities
Our Mandate & History
Our Collections
UN Depository Libraries
Library News
Research the UN
UN Resources & Documents
UN Digital Library
Research Guides
Index to Proceedings
Voting Information
Speeches
UN Member States on the Record
Find
Articles, Books & More
Databases
Journals
UN Resources & Documents
UN Libraries
Help
Training
Research Guides
Ask DAG
Services for...
Delegates
UN Staff
Researchers & Librarians
General Public
Using the Library
Access Electronic Resources
Borrow Books & More
Request Articles, Books & Documents
Visit the Library
Contact Us
UNBIS Thesaurus
Browse Concepts
Browse Alphabetically
About
Search
Preferred Term
SOVEREIGNTY
Scope Note
Supreme power over a body politic,freedom from external control in the conduct of internal and external affairs, and the right not to recognize any superior or concurrent authority
Hierarchy
01 -
POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
01.07.01 -
INTERNATIONAL LAW
SOVEREIGNTY
Broader Terms
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Related Terms
ACQUIRED RIGHTS
ACT OF STATE
AIRSPACE
CONDOMINIUM
DOMESTIC JURISDICTION
EASEMENT
EQUALITY OF STATES
HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
INDEPENDENCE
LEGITIMACY OF GOVERNMENTS
MONARCHY
PERMANENT SOVEREIGNTY
SELF-RULE
STATE IMMUNITIES
STATE LIABILITY
STATE REPRESENTATION
STATE SUCCESSION
STATES
TREATIES OF GUARANTY
URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1006078
Other Formats
json
ttl
xml
Language Equivalents
ar
السيادة
zh
主权
en
SOVEREIGNTY
fr
SOUVERAINETE
ru
Суверенитет
es
SOBERANIA