I need an EXACT answer certified by the United Nation or some
other world govermental body on what are the countries that make up
"North America". I get many different answers searching the internet.

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 19 Mar 2006 13:26 PST

Please take a look at the following from the United Nations website
and let me know if this sufficiently answers your question:

The continent of North America comprises Northern America, Caribbean,
and Central America.

-Northern America-  
Bermuda 
Canada 
Greenland 
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 
United States of America 
 
-Caribbean-
Anguilla 
Antigua and Barbuda 
Aruba 
Bahamas 
Barbados 
British Virgin Islands 
Cayman Islands 
Cuba 
Dominica 
Dominican Republic 
Grenada 
Guadaloupe 
Haiti 
Jamaica 
Martinique 
Montserrat 
Netherlands Antilles 
Puerto Rico 
Saint Kitts and Nevis 
Saint Lucia 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Turks and Caicos Islands 
United States Virgin Islands 

-Central America-
Belize 
Costa Rica
El Salvador 
Guatemala 
Honduras 
Mexico 
Nicaragua 
Panama

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm

Looking forward to your clarification.

Best regards,
Rainbow

For a start, St Pierre & Miquelon are not countries, they are part of
France. They should be removed from the list, whether you want to then
add France as part of N. America is an interesting decision

The CIA keeps an up-to-date online database of world information.
If you have a list of political entities within North America that you
wish to verify their status as a country, you can go to:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2088.html
to see their independance status.
The factbook, as a whole, can be accessed here:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html