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United Nations: History & Member States

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The UN's founding, membership history and how its main bodies work.

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  1. 1How many member states does the United Nations have?
    193 member states
  2. 2When did the United Nations officially come into existence?
    October 24, 1945
  3. 3How many founding members joined the UN in 1945?
    51 original members
  4. 4Which five countries are permanent members of the UN Security Council?
    United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia (formerly USSR), and China
  5. 5Where was the UN Charter signed?
    San Francisco, on June 26, 1945
  6. 6Required for a new member to be admitted to the UN
    Recommendation by the Security Council and approval by the General Assembly with a two-thirds majority
  7. 7Which country was the last to sign the UN Charter in 1945?
    Poland (signed October 15, 1945)
  8. 8Which two UN General Assembly non-member observer states exist?
    The Holy See and the State of Palestine
  9. 9When did the People's Republic of China replace the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the UN?
    October 25, 1971 (UN General Assembly Resolution 2758)
  10. 10Which country temporarily withdrew from the UN in 1965-1966?
    Indonesia
  11. 11How many countries were admitted in the 1955 package deal?
    16 countries
  12. 12When did Russia assume the USSR's seat on the UN Security Council?
    December 24, 1991
  13. 13Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Zaire (from 1971 to 1997)
  14. 14What capital city hosts the Palace of Nations?
    Geneva, Switzerland
  15. 15Which three Baltic states joined the UN on September 17, 1991?
    Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
  16. 16Name of Yemen before unification in 1990
    Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen)
  17. 17When did Czechoslovakia dissolve into two UN member states?
    December 31, 1992 (Czech Republic and Slovakia admitted January 19, 1993)
  18. 18Which two countries unified to form Tanzania?
    Tanganyika and Zanzibar (unified April 26, 1964)
  19. 19When did East and West Germany both join the UN?
    September 18, 1973
  20. 20When did German reunification occur?
    October 3, 1990
  21. 21Which country was suspended from UN participation from 1974 to 1994?
    South Africa (due to apartheid policies)
  22. 22When did Montenegro become independent and join the UN?
    June 3, 2006 (independence); June 28, 2006 (UN admission)
  23. 23Serbia and Montenegro previously called
    Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003)
  24. 24When did Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia join the UN?
    May 22, 1992
  25. 25North Macedonia provisionally called at the UN until 2019
    The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  26. 26What capital city is the headquarters of the United Nations?
    New York City, United States
  27. 27When did India join the UN?
    October 24, 1945 (founding member, as British Raj)
  28. 28When did Israel join the UN?
    May 11, 1949
  29. 29When did South Sudan join the UN?
    July 14, 2011 (most recent member state)
  30. 30Which UN specialized agency is responsible for global health?
    World Health Organization (WHO)

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