word | | Independence |
| administered | Cuba | 20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902); not acknowledged by the Cuban Government as a day of independence |
| administration | Burundi | 1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration) |
| administration | Iraq | 3 October 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration); note - on 28 June 2004 the Coalition Provisional Authority transferred sovereignty to the Iraqi Interim Government |
| administration | Israel | 14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) |
| administration | Jordan | 25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) |
| administration | Lebanon | 22 November 1943 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration) |
| administration | Syria | 17 April 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under French administration) |
| administrative | Faroe Islands | none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark) |
| administrative | Hong Kong | none (special administrative region of China) |
| administrative | Macau | none (special administrative region of China) |
| adopted | Azerbaijan | 30 August 1991 (declared from the Soviet Union); 18 October 1991 (adopted by the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan) |
| adopted | Japan | 3 May 1947 (current constitution adopted as amendment to Meiji Constitution); notable earlier dates: 660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU); 29 November 1890 (Meiji Constitution ... |
| adoption | Poland | 11 November 1918 (republic proclaimed); notable earlier dates: A.D. 966 (adoption of Christianity, traditional founding date), 1 July 1569 (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created) |
| affairs | Afghanistan | 19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs) |
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