The UN has three different categories for Non-members: Non-self-governing, Non-member observer and Non-member State.
The non-self-governing states are colonized territories such as Montserrat (U K), U. S. Virgin Islands (USA) and New Caledonia (Fr). But there has been an issue, known as the Western Sahara conflict, where the Sahrawi people has been trying to get independence from Morocco in the last 43 years. Western Sahara is still not an independent country, therefore it will not be able to be a candidate for a place in UN.
The non-self-governing states are colonized territories such as Montserrat (U K), U. S. Virgin Islands (USA) and New Caledonia (Fr). But there has been an issue, known as the Western Sahara conflict, where the Sahrawi people has been trying to get independence from Morocco in the last 43 years. Western Sahara is still not an independent country, therefore it will not be able to be a candidate for a place in UN.
In the world, there are only two entities in the category of non-member observer: the Holy See and Palestine. These are not considered as States, but Palestine has been trying to get recognized by the UN members as one of them.
And as a non-member state we have the Cook Islands and Niue, both located in the South Pacific Ocean, near New Zealand. Both territories are not already accepted as states because they are in a free association with New Zealand. "Free association is a status distinct from that of full independence in that it allows the Cook Islands to maintain New Zealand citizenship, while administering its own affairs." (New Zealand's government, 2013).
And as a non-member state we have the Cook Islands and Niue, both located in the South Pacific Ocean, near New Zealand. Both territories are not already accepted as states because they are in a free association with New Zealand. "Free association is a status distinct from that of full independence in that it allows the Cook Islands to maintain New Zealand citizenship, while administering its own affairs." (New Zealand's government, 2013).
Finally, we can define a fourth unofficial category for Taiwan. China says it is part of its territory, not a colony, but a province. Taiwan claims itself a soveraign state. Taiwan knows that without China's licence it will never get to be a soveraign state, but in 2009 it tried to get the rank of Non-member observer such as Palestine and the Holy See, which was denied. Nowadays, Taiwan is refered in the UN as Chinese Taipei and it continues its efforts to get an international recognition.
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