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The recognition of states and governments
It is important to distinguish between the recognition of states and the recognition of governments. This distinction is based on the view that a government is an instrument in the service of the state, which is an entity composed of a territory, a population and a public authority. Since the end of the Second World War, Switzerland, as a matter of principle, recognises only states and not governments.