Workers set up a sign reading 'Republic of North Macedonia' at the Macedonia-Greece border near Gevgelija on February 13, 2019 |
The United Nations confirmed on Wednesday that it has been officially informed by the Macedonian government that the country's new name is North Macedonia.
At the
United Nations, the country had been known as the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia (FYROM) because Greece objected to the use of Macedonia, the name
used for its own northern region.
The
27-year-old dispute was finally settled in June during UN-brokered talks.
The new
name came into force Tuesday after constitutional changes were published in the
Official Gazette and Skopje's foreign ministry said both countries had informed
the UN by letter that the change is now in force.
A UN
official said a notice would be sent to the General Assembly and the Security
Council to inform them of the change.
Since 1991,
Athens had objected to its neighbor being called Macedonia because Greece has a
historic northern province of the same name. Greece has blocked Macedonia's NATO
and EU integration until it changes the name.
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