For the purpose of this Convention, the term "stateless person" means a person who is not considered as a national by any State {meaning UN member state} under the operation of its law.
(Source: Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons Adopted on 28 September 1954 by a Conference of Plenipotentiaries convened by Economic and Social Council resolution 526 A (XVII) of 26 April 1954 Entry into force: 6 June 1960, in accordance with article 39)
"Stateless" is a UN legal term which refers to a person lacking citizenship or nationality in any U.N. member state. It can have other meanings but that is that typical meaning that gets obscured after being rehashed, chopped up, cherries, mustard, mayo and pickles added on top as it with passes through pushers of myriad diatribes and philosophies. It does not necessarily mean someone who lacks nationality or citizenship of any kind. It is possible to be citizen or national of a well-known nation or country, land or jurisdiction an be 'stateless'. It is also expected in "international law" that parties to treaties be aware of internal matters or structures of the other parties to such treaty. A party to a treaty is not always a "high contracting party".
Statelessness is associated with refugee status because if a UN member ceases to exist due to a war or the like, then those persons who were citizens or nationals are now without a UN member state to be attached to and thusly in legalese: 'stateless'.
The kingdom of God is widely known but afaik isn't a U.N. member state. The de jure and organic land of Delaware isn't to knowledge a U.N. member state. The House of Windsor isn't to knowledge a U.N. member state. The commonwealth of Israel referred to in the New Testament isn't to knowledge, a U.N. member state. Taiwan is not a U.N. member state.
The term "world" can mean the cognizable or observable jurisprudence extents of a legal entity or state. The "world" according to the State of Florida is all things "State of Florida".There are two hundred and six countries in the world, one hundred and ninety of which are totally undisputed and sixteen which are. One hundred and ninety three of these countries are member states of the United Nations. The Vatican City State, a country which is recognised by all, is only an observer state, yet Israel, which is considered by some to be of dubious sovereignty, is a member state.
There are several areas around the world which have been functioning as independent nations for decades, but because of a political dispute with another nation they remain unrecognised, such as Taiwan, Northern Cyprus or Western Sahara.
Several areas around the world are also mistakenly considered as independent countries when they are in fact territories of other nations. The most commonly mistaken regions being Greenland, which is a territory of the sovereign state of Denmark, England, which makes up part of the sovereign state known as the United Kingdom and Tasmania, which is an island state of the sovereign state of Australia.
In legalese, I suspect that the term 'world' rarely, if at all ever, refers to the planet called "Earth". And "earth" as a word can simply refer to a "land" or "estate" local to the speaker. The phrase "inhabitants of the earth" can be synonymous with "inhabitants of the land" or "inhabitants of this state/earth/land" and is not necessarily synonymous with "inhabitants of the Earth" (i.e. the planet as distinguished from a local reference to a land, expanse of soil, estate or country).""World. This term sometimes denotes all persons whatsoever who may have, claim, or acquire an interest in the subject-matter; as in saying that a judgment in rem binds "all the world".
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