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- <text id=93CT1938>
- <title>
- The United Nations:Member States
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--World Organizations
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- The United Nations
- Member States
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p>In 1992, UN membership increased to 178 with the addition of 13
- new countries:
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Armenia (March)</l>
- <l>Azerbaijan (March)</l>
- <l>Bosnia-Hercegovina (May)</l>
- <l>Croatia (May)</l>
- <l>Georgia (July)</l>
- <l>Kazakhstan (March)</l>
- <l>Kyrgyzstan (March)</l>
- <l>Moldova (March)</l>
- <l>San Marino (March)</l>
- <l>Slovenia (May)</l>
- <l>Tajikistan (March)</l>
- <l>Turkmenistan (March)</l>
- <l>Uzbekistan (March)</l>
- </list>
- <p>178 Members of the United Nations
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Afghanistan (1946)</l>
- <l>Albania (1955)</l>
- <l>Algeria (1962)</l>
- <l>Angola (1976)</l>
- <l>Antigua and Barbuda (1981)</l>
- <l>Argentina</l>
- <l>Armenia (1992)</l>
- <l>Australia</l>
- <l>Austria (1955)</l>
- <l>Azerbaijan (1992)</l>
- <l>The Bahamas (1973)</l>
- <l>Bahrain (1971)</l>
- <l>Bangladesh (1974)</l>
- <l>Barbados (1966)</l>
- <l>Belarus (formerly Byelorussian SSR)</l>
- <l>Belgium</l>
- <l>Belize (1981)</l>
- <l>Benin (1960)</l>
- <l>Bhutan (1971)</l>
- <l>Bolivia</l>
- <l>Bosnia-Hercegovina (1992)</l>
- <l>Botswana (1966)</l>
- <l>Brazil</l>
- <l>Brunei Darussalam (1984)</l>
- <l>Bulgaria (1955)</l>
- <l>Burkina Faso (1960)</l>
- <l>Burma (1948)</l>
- <l>Burundi (1962)</l>
- <l>Cambodia (1955)</l>
- <l>Cameroon (1960)</l>
- <l>Canada</l>
- <l>Cape Verde (1975)</l>
- <l>Central African Republic (1960)</l>
- <l>Chad (1960)</l>
- <l>Chile</l>
- <l>China2</l>
- <l>Colombia</l>
- <l>Comoros (1975)</l>
- <l>Congo (1960)</l>
- <l>Costa Rica</l>
- <l>Cote d'Ivoire (1960)</l>
- <l>Croatia (1992)</l>
- <l>Cuba</l>
- <l>Cyprus (1960)</l>
- <l>Czechoslovakia</l>
- <l>Denmark</l>
- <l>Djibouti (1977)</l>
- <l>Dominica (1978)</l>
- <l>Dominican Republic</l>
- <l>Ecuador</l>
- <l>Egypt</l>
- <l>El Salvador</l>
- <l>Equatorial Guinea (1968)</l>
- <l>Estonia (1991)</l>
- <l>Ethiopia</l>
- <l>Fiji (1970)</l>
- <l>Finland (1955)</l>
- <l>France</l>
- <l>Gabon (1960)</l>
- <l>The Gambia (1965)</l>
- <l>Georgia (1992)</l>
- <l>Germany (1973)</l>
- <l>Ghana (1957)</l>
- <l>Greece</l>
- <l>Grenada (1974)</l>
- <l>Guatemala</l>
- <l>Guinea (1958)</l>
- <l>Guinea-Bissau (1974)</l>
- <l>Guyana (1966)</l>
- <l>Haiti</l>
- <l>Honduras</l>
- <l>Hungary (1955)</l>
- <l>Iceland (1946)</l>
- <l>India</l>
- <l>Indonesia (1950)</l>
- <l>Iran</l>
- <l>Iraq</l>
- <l>Ireland (1955)</l>
- <l>Israel (1949)</l>
- <l>Italy (1955)</l>
- <l>Jamaica (1962)</l>
- <l>Japan (1956)</l>
- <l>Jordan (1955)</l>
- <l>Kazakhstan (1992)</l>
- <l>Kenya (1963)</l>
- <l>Korea, North (1991)</l>
- <l>Korea, South (1991)</l>
- <l>Kuwait (1963)</l>
- <l>Kyrgystan (1992)</l>
- <l>Laos (1955)</l>
- <l>Latvia (1991)</l>
- <l>Lebanon</l>
- <l>Lesotho (1966)</l>
- <l>Liberia</l>
- <l>Libya (1955)</l>
- <l>Liechtenstein (1990)</l>
- <l>Lithuania (1991)</l>
- <l>Luxembourg</l>
- <l>Madagascar (1960)</l>
- <l>Malawi (1964)</l>
- <l>Malaysia (1957)</l>
- <l>Maldives (1965)</l>
- <l>Mali (1960)</l>
- <l>Malta (1964)</l>
- <l>Marshall Islands (1991)</l>
- <l>Mauritania (1961)</l>
- <l>Mauritius (1968)</l>
- <l>Mexico</l>
- <l>Micronesia (1991)</l>
- <l>Moldova (1992)</l>
- <l>Mongolia (1961)</l>
- <l>Morocco (1956)</l>
- <l>Mozambique (1975)</l>
- <l>Namibia (1990)</l>
- <l>Nepal (1955)</l>
- <l>Netherlands</l>
- <l>New Zealand</l>
- <l>Nicaragua</l>
- <l>Niger (1960)</l>
- <l>Nigeria (1960)</l>
- <l>Norway</l>
- <l>Oman (1971)</l>
- <l>Pakistan (1947)</l>
- <l>Panama</l>
- <l>Papua New Guinea (1975)</l>
- <l>Paraguay</l>
- <l>Peru</l>
- <l>Philippines</l>
- <l>Poland</l>
- <l>Portugal (1955)</l>
- <l>Qatar (1971)</l>
- <l>Romania (1955)</l>
- <l>Russia3</l>
- <l>Rwanda (1962)</l>
- <l>St. Kitts and Nevis (1983)</l>
- <l>St. Lucia (1979</l>
- <l>St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1980)</l>
- <l>Samoa (1976)</l>
- <l>San Marino (1992)</l>
- <l>Sao Tome and Principe (1975)</l>
- <l>Saudi Arabia</l>
- <l>Senegal (1960)</l>
- <l>Seychelles (1976)</l>
- <l>Sierra Leone (1961)</l>
- <l>Singapore (1965)</l>
- <l>Slovenia (1992)</l>
- <l>Solomon Islands (1978)</l>
- <l>Somalia (1960)</l>
- <l>South Africa</l>
- <l>Spain (1955)</l>
- <l>Sri Lanka (1955)</l>
- <l>Sudan (1956)</l>
- <l>Suriname (1975)</l>
- <l>Swaziland (1968)</l>
- <l>Sweden (1946)</l>
- <l>Syria</l>
- <l>Tanzania (1961)</l>
- <l>Tajikistan (1992)</l>
- <l>Thailand (1946)</l>
- <l>Togo (1960)</l>
- <l>Trinidad and Tobago (1962)</l>
- <l>Tunisia (1956)</l>
- <l>Turkey</l>
- <l>Turkmenistan (1992)</l>
- <l>Uganda (1962)</l>
- <l>Ukraine (formerly Ukrainian SSR)</l>
- <l>United Arab Emirates (1971)</l>
- <l>United Kingdom</l>
- <l>United States of America</l>
- <l>Uruguay</l>
- <l>Uzbekistan (1992)</l>
- <l>Vanuatu (1981)</l>
- <l>Venezuela</l>
- <l>Vietnam (1977)</l>
- <l>Yemen (1947)</l>
- <l>Zaire (1960)</l>
- <l>Zambia (1964)</l>
- <l>Zimbabwe (1980)</l>
- </list>
- <p> Note: Year in parentheses indicates date of admission; countries
- with no date were original members in 1945.
- </p>
- <p> By Resolution 2758 (XXVI) of Oct. 25, 1971, the General Assembly
- decided "to restore all its rights to the People's Republic of China
- and to recognize the representative of its Government as the only
- legitimate representative of China to the United Nations."
- </p>
- <p> In December 1991, Russia assumed the permanent Security
- Council seat previously held by the USSR.
- </p>
- <p>Source: "U.S. Department of State Background Notes," Bureau of Public
- Affairs, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C., 1993.
- </p>
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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