| STATE |
NOTES |
DATE OF
ADMISSION |
| Albania |
|
14 Dec. 1955 |
| Algeria |
|
8 Oct. 1962 |
| Andorra |
|
28 July 1993 |
| Angola |
|
1 Dec. 1976 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
|
11 Nov. 1981 |
| Argentina |
|
24 Oct. 1945 |
| Armenia |
|
2 Mar. 1992 |
| Australia |
|
1 Nov. 1945 |
| Austria |
|
14 Dec. 1955 |
| Azerbaijan |
|
2 Mar. 1992 |
| Bahamas |
|
18 Sep. 1973 |
| Bahrain |
|
21 Sep. 1971 |
| Bangladesh |
|
17 Sep. 1974 |
| Barbados |
|
9 Dec. 1966 |
| Belarus |
On 19 September 1991, Byelorussia
informed
the United Nations that it had changed
its name to
Belarus. |
24 Oct. 1945 |
|
Belgium |
|
27 Dec. 1945 |
| Belize |
|
25 Sep. 1981 |
| Benin |
|
20 Sep. 1960 |
| Bhutan |
|
21 Sep. 1971 |
| Bolivia |
|
14 Nov. 1945 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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. |
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 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
|
20 Sep. 1960 |
| Croatia |
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. |
22 May 1992 |
| Cuba |
|
24 Oct. 1945 |
| Cyprus |
|
20 Sep. 1960 |
| Czech Republic |
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. |
19 Jan. 1993 |
Democratic People's
Republic of Korea |
|
17 Sep.
1991
|
Democratic Republic
of
the Congo |
Zaire joined the
United Nations
on 20 September 1960. On 17 May
1997,
its name was changed to the
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 |
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. |
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 |
| Gabon |
|
20 Sep. 1960 |
| Gambia |
|
21 Sep. 1965 |
| Georgia |
|
31 July 1992 |
| Germany |
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. |
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 |
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. |
28 Sep. 1950 |
| Iran
(Islamic Republic
of)
|
|
24 Oct. 1945 |
| Iraq |
|
21 Dec. 1945
|
| Ireland |
|
14 Dec. 1955 |
| Israel |
|
11 May 1949 |
| Italy |
|
14 Dec. 1955
|
| Jamaica |
|
18 Sep. 1962 |
| Japan |
|
18 Dec. 1956 |
| Jordan |
|
14 Dec. 1955 |
| Kazakhstan |
|
2 Mar. 1992 |
| Kenya |
|
16 Dec. 1963 |
| Kiribati |
|
14 Sept.
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 |
Libyan
Arab Jamahiriya
|
|
14 Dec. 1955 |
| Liechtenstein |
|
18 Sep. 1990
|
| Lithuania |
|
17 Sep. 1991 |
| Luxembourg |
|
24 Oct. 1945 |
| Madagascar |
|
20 Sep. 1960 |
| Malawi |
|
1 Dec. 1964 |
| Malaysia |
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. |
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 |
| Mongolia |
|
27 Oct. 1961 |
| Montenegro |
The membership of the State Union
Serbia
and Montenegro in the United
Nations,
including all organs and
organizations
of the United Nations system, is continued
by
the Republic of Serbia on the basis of
Article 60
of the Constitutional Charter of
Serbia
and Montenegro, activated by the
Declaration
of Independence adopted by the
National
Assembly of Montenegro on 3 June
2006.
The Republic of Montenegro
was admitted as
a Member of the United Nations by
General
Assembly resolution 60/264 of 28 June
2006. |
28 June 2006 |
|
Morocco
|
|
12 Nov.
1956 |
| Mozambique |
|
16 Sep. 1975 |
| Myanmar |
|
19 Apr. 1948
|
| Namibia |
|
23 Apr. 1990 |
| Nauru |
|
14 Sept. 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
|
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. |
24 Oct. 1945 |
| 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 |
| Serbia |
The membership of the State Union
Serbia
and Montenegro in the United
Nations,
including all organs and
organizations
of the United Nations system, is continued
by
the Republic of Serbia on the basis of
Article 60
of the Constitutional Charter of
Serbia
and Montenegro, activated by the
Declaration
of Independence adopted by the
National
Assembly of Montenegro on 3 June
2006.
The Republic of Montenegro
was admitted as a Member
of the United Nations by General
Assembly
resolution 60/264 of 28 June 2006.
|
1 Nov. 2000 |
| Seychelles |
|
21 Sep. 1976 |
| Sierra Leone |
|
27 Sep. 1961 |
| Singapore |
|
21 Sep. 1965 |
| Slovakia |
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 Slovak Republic be admitted to
United
Nations membership. The Slovak Republic
was thus admitted on
19 January of
that year as a Member State. |
19 Jan. 1993 |
| Slovenia
|
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. |
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 |
| Sudan |
|
12 Nov. 1956 |
| Suriname |
|
4 Dec. 1975 |
| Swaziland |
|
24 Sep. 1968 |
| Sweden |
|
19 Nov. 1946 |
| Switzerland |
|
10 Sep. 2002 |
| Syrian Arab Republic
|
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. |
24 Oct. 1945 |
| Tajikistan
|
|
2 Mar. 1992 |
| Thailand |
|
16 Dec. 1946 |
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia |
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.
|
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 Sept. 2000 |
| Uganda |
|
25 Oct. 1962 |
| Ukraine |
|
24 Oct.
1945 |
| United Arab Emirates
|
|
9 Dec.
1971 |
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland |
|
24 Oct.
1945 |
United Republic
of
Tanzania |
Tanganyika was a Member of the United
Nations from 14 December 1961
and
Zanzibar was a Member from 16
December
1963. Following the ratification on 26 April
1964
of Articles of Union between Tanganyika
and
Zanzibar, the United Republic of
anganyika
and Zanzibar continued as a single Member,
changing its name to the United Republic
of Tanzania on 1 November
1964. |
14 Dec. 1961
|
| United States of America
|
|
24 Oct.
1945 |
| Uruguay |
|
18 Dec.
1945 |
| Uzbekistan |
|
2 Mar.
1992 |
| Vanuatu |
|
15 Sep.
1981
|
Venezuela
(Bolivarian
Republic of) |
|
15 Nov. 1945
|
| Viet Nam |
|
20 Sep. 1977 |
| Yemen |
Yemen was admitted to membership
in the United Nations on 30
September
1947 and Democratic Yemen on
14
December 1967. On 22 May
1990,
the two countries merged and
have
since been represented as one
Member with the name "Yemen".
|
30 Sep. 1947 |
| Zambia |
|
1 Dec. 1964 |
| Zimbabwe |
|
25 Aug.
1980 |
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