Member���������� ���������� ���� ���� Date of Admission
Bolivia�����������14 Nov. 1945
Bosnia and Herzegovina*������22 May� 1992
Botswana����������17 Oct. 1966
Brazil������������24 Oct. 1945
Brunei Darussalam� ������21 Sep. 1984
Bulgaria����������14 Dec. 1955
Burkina Faso������20 Sep. 1960
Burundi�����������18 Sep. 1962
Cambodia����������14 Dec. 1955
Cameroon����������20 Sep. 1960
Canada������������������9 Nov. 1945
Cape Verde�������16 Sep. 1975
Central African Republic��� 20 Sep. 1960
Chad� ������������20 Sep. 1960
Chile������������24 Oct. 1945
China������������24 Oct. 1945
Colombia��������� ����������� ����������� 5 Nov. 1945
Comoros�����������12 Nov. 1975
Congo (Republic of the)��20 Sep. 1960
Costa Rica��������������2 Nov. 1945
Côte d’Ivoire��� ������20 Sep. 1960
Croatia**���������22 May� 1992
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*��� The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the
United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June
1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.� The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/237 of 22 May 1992.
**�� The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the
United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June
1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.� The Republic of Croatia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/238 of 22 May 1992.
Member���������� ���������� ���� ���� Date of Admission
Cuba� ������������24 Oct. 1945
Cyprus������������20 Sep. 1960
Czech Republic*�� ������19 Jan. 1993
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 17 Sep. 1991
Democratic Republic of the Congo**20 Sep. 1960
Denmark�����������24 Oct. 1945
Djibouti����������20 Sep. 1977
Dominica����������18 Dec. 1978
Dominican Republic������24 Oct. 1945
Ecuador�����������21 Dec. 1945
Egypt***����������24 Oct. 1945
El Salvador��� ������������24 Oct. 1945
Equatorial Guinea������12 Nov. 1968
Eritrea�����������28 May� 1993
Estonia�����������17 Sep. 1991
Ethiopia����������13 Nov. 1945
Fiji� ������������13 Oct. 1970
Finland�����������14 Dec. 1955
France������������24 Oct. 1945
__________
*����� Czechoslovakia was an original Member of the United Nations from 24 October 1945.� In a letter dated 10 December 1992, its Permanent Representative informed the Secretary-General that the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic would cease to exist on 31 December 1992 and that the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, as successor States, would apply for membership in the United Nations.� Following the receipt of its application, the Security Council, on 8 January 1993, recommended to the General Assembly that the Czech Republic be admitted to United Nations membership.� The Czech Republic was thus admitted on 19 January of that year as a Member State.
**��� Zaire joined the United Nations on 20 September 1960.� On 17 May 1997, its name was changed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
***�� Egypt and Syria were original Members of the United Nations from 24 October 1945.� Following a plebiscite on 21 February 1958, the United Arab Republic was established by a union of Egypt and Syria and continued as a single Member.� On 13 October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent State, resumed its separate membership in the United Nations.� On 2 September 1971, the United Arab Republic changed its name to the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Member����������� ����������� ����� ����� Date of Admission
Gabon������������20 Sep. 1960
Gambia������������21 Sep. 1965
Georgia�����������31 July 1992
Germany*����������18 Sep. 1973
Ghana������������������8 Mar. 1957
Greece������������25 Oct. 1945
Grenada�����������17 Sep. 1974
Guatemala���������21 Nov. 1945
Guinea������������12 Dec. 1958
Guinea-Bissau���� ������17 Sep. 1974
Guyana������������20 Sep. 1966
Haiti����������� ����������� ����� ����� 24 Oct. 1945
Honduras����������17 Dec. 1945
Hungary�����������14 Dec. 1955
Iceland�����������19 Nov. 1946
India������������30 Oct. 1945
Indonesia**������ ����������� ����� ����� 28 Sep. 1950
Iran� ������������24 Oct. 1945
Iraq� ������������21 Dec. 1945
Ireland�����������14 Dec. 1955
Israel������������11 May� 1949
Italy������������14 Dec. 1955
Jamaica�����������18 Sep. 1962
__________
*���� The Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic were admitted to membership in the United Nations on 18 September 1973.� Through the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany, effective from 3 October 1990, the two German States have united to form one sovereign State.
**��� By letter of 20 January 1965, Indonesia announced its decision to withdraw from the United Nations “at this stage and under the present circumstances”.� By telegram of 19 September 1966, it announced its decision “to resume full cooperation with the United Nations and to resume participation in its activities”.� On 28 September 1966, the General Assembly took note of this decision and the President invited representatives of Indonesia to take seats in the Assembly.
Member����������� ����������� ����� ����� Date of Admission
Japan������������18 Dec. 1956
Jordan������������14 Dec. 1955
Kazakhstan��������������2 Mar. 1992
Kenya������������16 Dec. 1963
Kiribati����������14 Sep. 1999
Kuwait������14 May� 1963
Kyrgyzstan��������������2 Mar. 1992
Lao People’s Democratic Republic��� 14 Dec. 1955
Latvia������������17 Sep. 1991
Lebanon�����������24 Oct. 1945
Lesotho�����������17 Oct. 1966
Liberia�����������������2 Nov. 1945
Libya������������14 Dec. 1955
Liechtenstein���� ������18 Sep. 1990
Lithuania���������17 Sep. 1991
Luxembourg������� ����������� ����� ����� 24 Oct. 1945
Madagascar��������20 Sep. 1960
Malawi����������� ����������� ����������� 1 Dec. 1964
Malaysia*�������� ����������� ����� ����� 17 Sep. 1957
Maldives��������� ����������� ����� ����� 21 Sep. 1965
Mali� ����������� ����������� ����� ����� 28 Sep. 1960
Malta����������� ����������� ����� ����� �1 Dec. 1964
Marshall Islands� ����������� ����� ����� 17 Sep. 1991
Mauritania������� ����������� ����� ����� 27 Oct. 1961
Mauritius�������� ����������� ����� ����� 24 Apr. 1968
Mexico����������� ����������� ����� ����� �7 Nov. 1945
Micronesia (Federated States of)� ����� 17 Sep. 1991
Monaco����������� ����������� ����� ����� 28 May 1993
__________
*���� The Federation of Malaya joined the United Nations on 17 September 1957.� On 16 September 1963, its name was changed to Malaysia, following the admission to the new federation of Singapore, Sabah (North Borneo) and Sarawak.� Singapore became an independent State on 9 August 1965 and a Member of the United Nations on 21 September 1965.
Member����������� ����������� ����� ����� Date of Admission
Mongolia��������� ����������� ����� ����� 27 Oct. 1961
Morocco���������� ����������� ����� ����� 12 Nov. 1956
Mozambique������� ����������� ����� ����� 16 Sep. 1975
Myanmar���������� ����������� ����� ����� 19 Apr. 1948
Namibia���������� ����������� ����� ����� 23 Apr. 1990
Nauru����������� ����������� ����� ����� 14 Sep. 1999
Nepal����������� ����������� ����� ����� 14 Dec. 1955
Netherlands������ ����������� ����� ����� 10 Dec. 1945
New Zealand���� ����� ����� ����������� ����� 24 Oct. 1945
Nicaragua�������� ����������� ����� ����� 24 Oct. 1945
Niger����������� ����������� ����� ����� 20 Sep. 1960
Nigeria���������� ����������� ����� ���� �7 Oct. 1960
Norway����������� ����������� ����� ����� 27 Nov. 1945
Oman� ����������� ����������� ����� ���� �7 Oct. 1971
Pakistan��������� ����������� ����� ����� 30 Sep. 1947
Palau����������� ����������� ����� ����� 15 Dec. 1994
Panama����������� ����������� ����� ����� 13 Nov. 1945
Papua New Guinea� ����������� ����� ����� 10 Oct. 1975
Paraguay��������� ����������� ����� ����� 24 Oct. 1945
Peru� ����������� ����������� ����� ����� 31 Oct. 1945
Philippines������ ����������� ����� ����� 24 Oct. 1945
Poland����������� ����������� ����� ����� 24 Oct. 1945
Portugal��������� ����������� ����� ����� 14 Dec. 1955
Qatar����������� ����������� ����� ����� 21 Sep. 1971
Republic of Korea����������� ����� ����� 17 Sep. 1991
Republic of Moldova���� ����������� ����� �2 Mar. 1992
Romania���������� ����������� ����� ����� 14 Dec. 1955
Russian Federation*����������� ����� 24 Oct. 1945
__________
*���� The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was an original Member of the United Nations from 24 October 1945.� In a letter dated 24 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin, the President of the Russian Federation, informed the Secretary-General that the membership of the Soviet Union in the Security Council and all other United Nations organs was being continued by the Russian Federation with the support of the 11 member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Member����������� ����������� ����� ����� Date of Admission
Rwanda����������� ����������� ����� ����� 18 Sep. 1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis������ ����� ����� 23 Sep. 1983
Saint Lucia������ ����������� ����� ����� 18 Sep. 1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines� ����� 16 Sep. 1980
Samoa����������� ����������� ����� ����� 15 Dec. 1976
San Marino�������������2 Mar. 1992
Sao Tome and Principe��� ������16 Sep. 1975
Saudi Arabia������24 Oct. 1945
Senegal�����������28 Sep. 1960
Seychelles��������21 Sep. 1976
Sierra Leone�������27 Sep. 1961
Singapore���������21 Sep. 1965
Slovakia*���������19 Jan. 1993
Slovenia**��������22 May� 1992
Solomon Islands�� ������19 Sep. 1978
Somalia�����������20 Sep. 1960
South Africa���������� �7 Nov. 1945
Spain������������14 Dec. 1955
Sri Lanka�������14 Dec. 1955
__________
*����� Czechoslavakia was an original Member of the United Nations from
24 October 1945.� In a letter dated 10 December 1992, its Permanent Representative informed the Secretary-General that the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic would cease to exist on 31 December 1992 and that the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, as successor States, would apply for membership in the United Nations.� Following the receipt of its application, the Security Council, on 8 January 1993, recommended to the General Assembly that the Slovak Republic be admitted to United Nations Membership.� The Slovak Republic was thus admitted on 19 January of that year as a Member State.
**�� The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the
United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.� The Republic of Slovenia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/236 of 22 May 1992.
Member����������� ����������� ����� ����� Date of Admission
Sudan������������12 Nov. 1956
Suriname�������������� �4 Dec. 1975
Swaziland���������24 Sep. 1968
Switzerland�������10 Sep. 2002
Sweden����������� ����������� ����� ����� 19 Nov. 1946
Syria*����������� ����������� ����� ����� 24 Oct. 1945
Tajikistan������� ����������� ����������� �2 Mar. 1992
Thailand��������� ����������� ����� ����� 16 Dec. 1946
The former Yugoslav Republic
�� of Macedonia**����������� ����������� 8 Apr. 1993
Timor Leste������ ����������� ����� ����� 27 Sep. 2002
Togo� ����������� ����������� ����� ����� 20 Sep. 1960
Tonga������������14 Sep. 1999
Trinidad and Tobago����� ����������� ����� 18 Sep. 1962
Tunisia�����������12 Nov. 1956
Turkey������������24 Oct. 1945
Turkmenistan������������2 Mar. 1992
Tuvalu������������������5 Sep. 2000
Uganda������������25 Oct. 1962
Ukraine���� ����� ����� ����� ����� ����� 24 Oct. 1945
United Arab Emirates��� ������9 Dec. 1971
United Kingdom���� ������24 Oct. 1945
__________
*���� Egypt and Syria were original Members of the United Nations from
24 October 1945.� Following a plebiscite on 21 February 1958, the United Arab Republic was established by a union of Egypt and Syria and continued as a single Member.� On 13 October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent State, resumed its separate membership in the United Nations.
**�� The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the
United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.� By resolution A/RES/47/225 of 8 April 1993, the General Assembly decided to admit as a Member of the United Nations the State being provisionally referred to for all purposes within the United Nations as “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” pending settlement of the difference that had arisen over its name.