Editing Comoros (section)

=== Foreign relations ===
{{Main|Foreign relations of the Comoros}}

In November 1975, the Comoros became the 143rd member of the [[United Nations]]. The new nation was defined as comprising the entire [[archipelago]], although the citizens of [[Mayotte]] chose to become French citizens and keep their island as a French territory.<ref>Security Council S/PV. 1888 para 247 S/11967 [http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/membship/veto/vetosubj.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317010910/http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/membship/veto/vetosubj.htm|date=17 March 2008}} [http://legal.un.org/repertory/art33/english/rep_supp5_vol2-art33_e.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084240/http://legal.un.org/repertory/art33/english/rep_supp5_vol2-art33_e.pdf|date=6 October 2014}}</ref>

The Comoros has repeatedly pressed its claim to Mayotte before the [[United Nations General Assembly]], which adopted a series of resolutions under the caption "Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte", opining that Mayotte belongs to the Comoros under the principle that the territorial integrity of colonial territories should be preserved upon independence. As a practical matter, however, these resolutions have little effect and there is no foreseeable likelihood that Mayotte will become ''de facto'' part of the Comoros without its people's consent. More recently, the Assembly has maintained this item on its agenda but deferred it from year to year without taking action. Other bodies, including the [[Organisation of African Unity]], the [[Movement of Non-Aligned Countries]] and the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]], have similarly questioned French sovereignty over Mayotte.<ref name="GA31_first-resolution">The first UN General Assembly Resolution regarding the matter, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080408191407/http://un.cti.depaul.edu/Countries/Comoros/1156213396.pdf Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte] (PDF)", United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/31/4, (21 October 1976) states "the occupation by France of the Comorian island of Mayotte constitutes a flagrant encroachment on the national unity of the Comorian State, a Member of the United Nations," rejecting the French-administered referendums and condemning French presence in Mayotte.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://un.cti.depaul.edu/Countries/Comoros/1156245840.pdf |title=Forty-ninth session: Agenda item 36: 49/18. Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte |work=United Nations General Assembly |date=6 December 1994|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527195255/http://un.cti.depaul.edu/Countries/Comoros/1156245840.pdf |archive-date=27 May 2008}}</ref> To close the debate and to avoid being integrated by force in the Union of the Comoros, the population of Mayotte overwhelmingly chose to become an [[overseas department]] and a [[region of France]] in a [[2009 Mahoran status referendum|2009 referendum]]. The new status was effective on 31 March 2011 and Mayotte has been recognised as an [[outermost region]] by the [[European Union]] on 1 January 2014. This decision legally integrates Mayotte in the [[French Republic]].

The Comoros is a member of the [[United Nations]], the [[African Union]], the [[Arab League]], the [[World Bank]], the [[International Monetary Fund]], the [[Indian Ocean Commission]] and the [[African Development Bank]]. On 10 April 2008, the Comoros became the 179th nation to accept the [[Kyoto Protocol]] to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unfccc.int/files/kyoto_protocol/status_of_ratification/application/pdf/kp_ratification.pdf |title=unfccc.int KYOTO PROTOCOL – STATUS OF RATIFICATION |website=Unfccc.int |access-date=25 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918081611/http://unfccc.int/files/kyoto_protocol/status_of_ratification/application/pdf/kp_ratification.pdf |archive-date=18 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Comoros signed the UN [[treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |title=Chapter XXVI: Disarmament&nbsp;– No. 9 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |publisher=United Nations Treaty Collection |date=7 July 2017 |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806220546/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Azali Assoumani]], President of the Comoros and Chair of the [[African Union]], attended the [[2023 Russia–Africa Summit]] in Saint Petersburg.<ref>{{cite news |title=African leaders leave Russia summit without grain deal or a path to end the war in Ukraine |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-africa-summit-ukraine-grain-war-125d5a6d5052f4221c46be52c1618cf7 |work=AP News |date=30 July 2023}}</ref>

In May 2013 the Union of the Comoros became known for filing a referral to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding the events of "the 31 May 2010 Israeli raid on the Humanitarian Aid Flotilla bound for [the] Gaza Strip". In November 2014 the ICC Prosecutor eventually decided<ref>Office of the Prosecutor, Situation on Registered Vessels of Comoros, Greece and Cambodia Article 53(1) Report, [http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/otp/OTP-COM-Article_53%281%29-Report-06Nov2014Eng.pdf "Report of 6th November 2014"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319233648/http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/otp/OTP-COM-Article_53(1)-Report-06Nov2014Eng.pdf |date=19 March 2015 }}</ref> that the events did constitute war crimes but did not meet the gravity standards of bringing the case before ICC.<ref>Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, [[Fatou Bensouda]], on concluding the preliminary examination of the situation referred by the Union of the Comoros: "Rome Statute legal requirements have not been met",[http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/structure%20of%20the%20court/office%20of%20the%20prosecutor/reports%20and%20statements/statement/Pages/otp-statement-06-11-2014.aspx "Statement of 6th November 2014"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602191655/http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/structure%20of%20the%20court/office%20of%20the%20prosecutor/reports%20and%20statements/statement/Pages/otp-statement-06-11-2014.aspx |date=2 June 2015 }}</ref>

The emigration rate of skilled workers was about 21.2% in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Dilip |last1=Ratha |author2=Sanket Mohapatra |author3=Ani Silwal |url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1199807908806/Comoros.pdf |title=The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011: Comoros |work=Worldbank.org |date=2011 |access-date=29 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054019/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1199807908806/Comoros.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>