Organization
The Resume
(June 26, 1945- )
Originated by Russian, Chinese, British and American delegations in August-September (1944)
Charter was signed by fifty nations on June 26 (1945)
Poland joined as the 51st original member before the U.N. opened
Officially opened October 24 (1945)
The General Assembly, Secretariat and Official headquarters are located within New York City
Currently have 191 members (2003)
Why United Nations might be annoying
Switzerland did not join until 2002.
They kicked out South Africa due to their apartheid practices and then let them back in.
Germany was refused admission until 1973.
They kicked out Taiwan, so that China would join (1971).
For many years, the major share of the money running the United Nations came from the United States.
Blocks of countries can push U.N. resolutions through (Zionism is racism).
Indonesia left the U.N. and then returned (January 1965-September 1966).
Why United Nations might not be annoying
They declared that all people have human rights.
They succeeded where the League of Nations failed.
They have many charitable organizations that bring medicines and foods to poor countries.
They try to be even handed by recognizing Israel's independence (1948) and allowed all the Palestine Liberation Organizations to be seated in the General Assembly.
They try to keep the peace in border disputes.
United Nations Secretary-Generals:
1. Trygve Lie of Norway (1946-1952)
2. Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden (1953-1961)
3. U Thant of Myanmar (1961-1971)
4. Kurt Waldheim of Austria (1972-1981)
5. Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru (1982-1991)
6. Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt (1992-1996)
7. Kofi Annan of Ghana (1997- )
Members are:
Afghanistan (Admitted: Nov. 19, 1946)
Albania (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Algeria (Admitted: Oct. 8, 1962)
Andorra (Admitted: July 28, 1993)
Angola (Admitted: Dec. 1, 1976)
Antigua and Barbuda (Admitted: Nov. 11, 1981)
Argentina (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Armenia (Admitted: Mar. 2, 1992)
Australia (Admitted: Nov. 1, 1945)
Austria (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Azerbaijan (Admitted: Mar. 2, 1992)
Bahamas (Admitted: Sep. 18, 1973)
Bahrain (Admitted: Sep. 21, 1971)
Bangladesh (Admitted: Sep. 17, 1974)
Barbados (Admitted: Dec. 9, 1966)
Belarus (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945 as Byelorussia until September 19, 1991)
Belgium (Admitted: Dec. 27, 1945)
Belize (Admitted: Sep. 25, 1981)
Benin (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Bhutan (Admitted: Sep. 21, 1971)
Bolivia (Admitted: Nov. 14, 1945)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (re-admitted: May 22, 1992, formerly part of Yugoslavia)
Botswana (Admitted: Oct. 17, 1966)
Brazil (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Brunei Darussalam (Admitted: Sep. 21, 1984)
Bulgaria (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Burkina Faso (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Burundi (Admitted: Sep. 18, 1962)
Cambodia (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Cameroon (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Canada (Admitted: Nov. 9, 1945)
Cape Verde (Admitted: Sep. 16, 1975)
Central African Republic (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Chad (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Chile (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
China (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
China-Taiwan (Expelled in 1972, Replaced by China)
Colombia (Admitted: Nov. 5, 1945)
Comoros (Admitted: Nov. 12, 1975)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Congo (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Costa Rica (Admitted: Nov. 2, 1945)
Croatia (Re-admitted: May 22, 1992, formerly part of Yugoslavia)
Cuba (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Cyprus (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Czech Republic (Re-admitted: Jan. 19, 1993, formerly part of Czechoslovakia - Oct. 24, 1945)
Denmark (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Djibouti (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1977)
Dominica (Admitted: Dec. 18, 1978)
Dominican Republic (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Ecuador (Admitted: Dec. 21, 1945)
Egypt (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945, part of the U.A.R. (with Syria) Feb. 21, 1958-Oct. 13, 1961)
El Salvador (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Equatorial Guinea (Admitted: Nov. 12, 1968)
Eritrea (Admitted: May 28, 1993)
Estonia (Admitted: Sep. 17, 1991)
Ethiopia (Admitted: Nov. 13, 1945)
Fiji (Admitted: Oct. 13, 1970)
Finland (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
France (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Gabon (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Gambia (Admitted: Sep. 21, 1965)
Georgia (Admitted: July 31, 1992)
Germany (Admitted: Sep. 18, 1973, separately as the G.D.R. and G.F.R. until October 3, 1990)
Ghana (Admitted: Mar. 8, 1957)
Greece (Admitted: Oct. 25, 1945)
Grenada (Admitted: Sep. 17, 1974)
Guatemala (Admitted: Nov. 21, 1945)
Guinea-Bissau (Admitted: Sep. 17, 1974)
Guinea (Admitted: Dec. 12, 1958)
Guyana (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1966)
Haiti (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Honduras (Admitted: Dec. 17, 1945)
Hungary (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Iceland (Admitted: Nov. 19, 1946)
India (Admitted: Oct. 30, 1945)
Indonesia (Admitted: Sep. 28, 1950, Resigned: Jan. 20, 1965-Sep. 28, 1966)
Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Iraq (Admitted: Dec. 21, 1945)
Ireland (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Israel (Admitted: May 11, 1949)
Italy (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Ivory Coast (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Jamaica (Admitted: Sep. 18, 1962)
Japan (Admitted: Dec. 18, 1956)
Jordan (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Kazakhstan (Admitted: Mar. 2, 1992)
Kenya (Admitted: Dec. 16, 1963)
Kiribati (Admitted: Sept. 14, 1999)
Kuwait (Admitted: May 14, 1963)
Kyrgyzstan (Admitted: Mar. 2, 1992)
Lao People's Democratic Republic (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Latvia (Admitted: Sep. 17, 1991)
Lebanon (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Lesotho (Admitted: Oct. 17, 1966)
Liberia (Admitted: Nov. 2, 1945)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Liechtenstein (Admitted: Sep. 18, 1990)
Lithuania (Admitted: Sep. 17, 1991)
Luxembourg (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Macedonia (Admitted: Apr. 8, 1993, formerly Part of Yugoslavia)
Madagascar (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Malawi (Admitted: Dec. 1, 1964)
Malaysia (Admitted: Sep. 17, 1957, known as Federation of Malaya until Sep 16, 1963)
Maldives (Admitted: Sep. 21, 1965)
Mali (Admitted: Sep. 28, 1960)
Malta (Admitted: Dec. 1, 1964)
Marshall Islands (Admitted: Sep. 17, 1991)
Mauritania (Admitted: Oct. 27, 1961)
Mauritius (Admitted: Apr. 24, 1968)
Mexico (Admitted: Nov. 7, 1945)
Micronesia (Federated States of), (Admitted: 17 Sep. 1991)
Moldova, Republic of (Admitted: Mar. 2, 1992)
Monaco (Admitted: May 28, 1993)
Mongolia (Admitted: Oct. 27, 1961)
Morocco (Admitted: Nov. 12, 1956)
Mozambique (Admitted: Sep. 16, 1975)
Myanmar (Admitted: Apr. 19, 1948)
Namibia (Admitted: Apr. 23, 1990)
Nauru (Admitted: Sept. 14, 1999)
Nepal (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Netherlands (Admitted: Dec. 10, 1945)
New Zealand (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Nicaragua (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Niger (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Nigeria (Admitted: Oct. 7, 1960)
North (Democratic People's Republic of) Korea (Admitted: Sep. 17, 1991)
Norway (Admitted: Nov. 27, 1945)
Oman (Admitted: Oct. 7, 1971)
Pakistan (Admitted: Sep. 30, 1947)
Palau (Admitted: Dec. 15, 1994)
Panama (Admitted: Nov. 13, 1945)
Papua New Guinea (Admitted: Oct. 10, 1975)
Paraguay (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Peru (Admitted: Oct. 31, 1945)
Philippines (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Poland (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Portugal (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Qatar (Admitted: Sep. 21, 1971)
Romania (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Russian Federation (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945, Part of the USSR until Dec, 24, 1991)
Rwanda (Admitted: Sep. 18, 1962)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Admitted: Sep. 23, 1983)
Saint Lucia (Admitted: Sep. 18, 1979)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Admitted: Sep. 16, 1980)
Samoa (Admitted: Dec. 15, 1976)
San Marino (Admitted: Mar. 2, 1992)
Sao Tome and Principe (Admitted: Sep. 16, 1975)
Saudi Arabia (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Senegal (Admitted: Sep. 28, 1960)
Seychelles (Admitted: Sep. 21, 1976)
Sierra Leone (Admitted: Sep. 27, 1961)
Singapore (Admitted: Sep. 21, 1965)
Slovakia (re-admitted: Jan. 19, 1993, formerly part of Czechoslovakia - Oct. 24, 1945)
Slovenia (re-admitted: May 22, 1992, formerly part of Yugoslavia)
Solomon Islands (Admitted: Sep. 19, 1978)
Somalia (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
South Africa (Admitted: Nov. 7, 1945, expelled and readmitted)
South (Republic of) Korea (Admitted: Sep. 17, 1991)
Spain (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Sri Lanka (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1955)
Sudan (Admitted: Nov. 12, 1956)
Suriname (Admitted: Dec. 4, 1975)
Swaziland (Admitted: Sep. 24, 1968)
Sweden (Admitted: Nov. 19, 1946)
Switzerland (Admitted: Sep. 10, 2002)
Syrian Arab Republic (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945, part of the U.A.R. (with Egypt) Feb. 21, 1958-Oct. 13, 1961)
Tajikistan (Admitted: Mar. 2, 1992)
Tanzania, United Republic of (Admitted: Dec. 14, 1961, originally separately as Tanganyika and Zanzibar until April 26, 1964)
Thailand (Admitted: Dec. 16, 1946)
Timor-Leste (Admitted: Sep. 27, 2002)
Togo (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1960)
Tonga (Admitted: Sep. 14, 1999)
Trinidad and Tobago (Admitted: Sep. 18, 1962)
Tunisia (Admitted: Nov. 12, 1956)
Turkey (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Turkmenistan (Admitted: Mar. 2, 1992)
Tuvalu (Admitted: Sept. 5, 2000)
Uganda (Admitted: Oct. 25, 1962)
Ukraine (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
United Arab Emirates (Admitted: Dec. 9, 1971)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
United States of America (Admitted: Oct. 24, 1945)
Uruguay (Admitted: Dec. 18, 1945)
Uzbekistan (Admitted: Mar. 2, 1992)
Vanuatu (Admitted: Sep. 15, 1981)
Venezuela (Admitted: Nov. 15, 1945)
Viet Nam (Admitted: Sep. 20, 1977)
Yemen (Admitted: Sep. 30, 1947 originally separate as Yemen and Democratic Yemen (Dec. 14, 1967), merged on May 22, 1990)
Yugoslavia (Admitted: Oct. 19, 1945, as a Federal Republic Nov. 1, 2000)
Zambia (Admitted: Dec. 1, 1964)
Zimbabwe (Admitted: Aug. 25, 1980)
Share this link with a friend:
Year In Review:
For 2021, as of last week, Out of 209 Votes: 0.96% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 174 Votes: 48.85% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 242 Votes: 53.72% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1016 Votes: 53.64% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 899 Votes: 73.75% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 150 Votes: 74.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 304 Votes: 59.21% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 579 Votes: 50.26% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 2802 Votes: 60.10% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 898 Votes: 78.95% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 456 Votes: 81.14% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 689 Votes: 70.54% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 339 Votes: 74.04% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 74 Votes: 67.57% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 262 Votes: 74.43% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 805 Votes: 68.20% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 1497 Votes: 69.61% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 875 Votes: 62.06% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 7886 Votes: 69.98% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 3495 Votes: 72.56% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 4085 Votes: 54.86% Annoying
Featured in the following Annoying Collections:
|
