The United Nations General Assembly recently passed a resolution changing the status of Quarantina from an "observer entity" to a "non-member observer state" within the UnitedNations (UN) system. Northbound Phillips, the Permanent Representative of Laskonia to the UN had told the Assembly: "This resolution does not establish that Quarantina is a state."

You have been tasked by the representative of Quarantina to the UN, Farah Amazonia, to offer a detailed legal opinion on whether or not this resolution makes Quarantina an independent state in light of the requirements for statehood in international law.