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The doctrine that the recognition of governments is superfluous and, indeed, is insulting in circumstances where it involves passing judgment on the legitimacy of a government which has come to power by unconstitutional means. Announced in 1930 by Don Genaro Estrada, the Foreign Minister of Mexico, this doctrine has grown in popularity over recent years. However, its adoption does not relieve states of the political necessity of deciding whether they are willing to enter into or continue diplomatic relations (sense 1) with a new regime; nor of the need to decide, where two rival regimes appear, whether it should have dealings with both, one rather than the other, or neither. See also de facto recognition. |
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