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The United Nations is a political intergovernmental organization with representatives from 193 countries in attendance, plus two members with Observer status; The Holy See, and the State of Palestine. While the United Nations are composed of many umbrella organisations, two are of particular significance; the General Assembly, and the Security Council. The United Nations was formed when the UN Charter took effect on October 24, 1945, after the events of World War II.
Current Members of the United Nations[ | ]
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina (Founding member)
- Armenia (originally part of the United Nations while part of the Soviet Union as the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic)
- Australia (Founding member)
- Austria
- Azerbaijan (originally part of the United Nations while part of the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic)
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus (founding member of United Nations while part of the Soviet Union as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic)
- Belgium (Founding member)
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Plurinational State of Bolivia (Founding member)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (originally part of the United Nations while part of Yugoslavia)
- Botswana
- Brazil (Founding member)
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada (Founding member)
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile (Founding member)
- People's Republic of China (Treated as a founding member of the United Nations, took up seat formerly held by Taiwan (Republic of China) in 1971)
- Colombia (Founding member)
- Comoros
- Congo
- Costa Rica (Founding member)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia (originally part of the United Nations while part of Yugoslavia)
- Cuba (Founding member)
- Cyprus
- Czechia (originally part of the United Nations while part of Czechoslovakia, previously known as the Czech Republic)
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (known as Zaire between 1971 to 1997)
- Denmark (Founding member)
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic (Founding member)
- Ecuador (Founding member)
- Egypt (founding member, originally joined the United Nations as the United Arab Republic)
- El Salvador (Founding member)
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia (while originally part of the Soviet Union as the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, it was widely unrecognised as being under Soviet control)
- Eswatini (originally joined the United Nations when known as Swaziland)
- Ethiopia (Founding member)
- Fiji
- Finland
- France (Founding member)
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia (originally part of the United Nations while part of the Soviet Union as the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic)
- Germany (includes the current Federal Republic of Germany, and its two previous constituent states West Germany and East Germany)
- Ghana
- Greece (Founding member)
- Grenada
- Guatemala (Founding member)
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti (Founding member)
- Honduras (Founding member)
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India (Founding member)
- Indonesia (Briefly expelled between 1965 and 1966)
- Islamic Republic of Iran (Founding member)
- Iraq (Founding member)
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan (originally part of the United Nations while part of the Soviet Union as the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic)
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan (originally part of the United Nations while part of the Soviet Union as the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic)
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia (while originally part of the Soviet Union as the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, it was widely unrecognised as being under Soviet control)
- Lebanon (Founding member)
- Lesotho
- Liberia (Founding member)
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania (while originally part of the Soviet Union as the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, it was widely unrecognised as being under Soviet control)
- Luxembourg (Founding member)
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia (originally joined the United Nations as the Federation of Malaya)
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico (Founding member)
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro (originally part of the United Nations while part of Yugoslavia and again under Serbia and Montenegro)
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands (Founding member)
- New Zealand (Founding member)
- Nicaragua (Founding member)
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia (originally part of the United Nations while part of Yugoslavia, and also formally known as The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
- Norway (Founding member)
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama (Founding member)
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay (Founding member)
- Peru (Founding member)
- Philippines (Founding member)
- Poland (Founding member)
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of Korea
- Republic of Moldova (while originally part of the Soviet Union as the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, it was widely unrecognised as being under Soviet control)
- Romania
- Russian Federation (Founding member while originally part of the Soviet Union as the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic)
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia (Founding member)
- Senegal
- Serbia (originally part of the United Nations while part of Yugoslavia and again under Serbia and Montenegro)
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore (originally part of the United Nations as part of the Federation of Malaya)
- Slovakia (originally part of the United Nations while part of Czechoslovakia)
- Slovenia (originally part of the United Nations while part of Yugoslavia)
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa (Founding member, originally joined as the Union of South Africa)
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic (founding member, originally joined the United Nations as the United Arab Republic)
- Tajikistan (originally part of the Soviet Union as the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic)
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey (Founding member)
- Turkmenistan (originally part of the Soviet Union as the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic)
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine (founding member of United Nations while part of the Soviet Union as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic)
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Founding member)
- United Republic of Tanzania
- United States of America (Founding member)
- Uruguay (Founding member)
- Uzbekistan (originally part of the Soviet Union as the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic)
- Vanuatu
- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Founding member)
- Viet Nam
- Yemen (includes the current Republic of Yemen, and its two previous constituent states North Yemen and South Yemen)
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Former Members of the United Nations[ | ]
- Taiwan (previously known as the Republic of China)
Dissolved states of former members[ | ]
- Czechoslovakia
- East Germany
- Federation of Malaya
- North Yemen
- Serbia and Montenegro
- South Yemen
- Soviet Union
- Tanganyika
- United Arab Republic
- Yugoslavia
- Zanzibar
States/Organizations with Observer status[ | ]
- Cook Islands
- European Union
- The Holy See
- Niue
- State of Palestine
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta