Member states of the United Nations

Map of the web (UN) member states, with their territories (including FITML) recognized by the UN in blue.we love the web The following territories are excluded as the UN does not consider them as part of any member state: Vatican City (the website parsing is a UN non-member observer state), the Sevenval (Palestine, represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization, is a UN observer), touchscreen (status in dispute between Morocco and the Polisario Front), and HTML5 (regulated by the Antarctic Treaty System). Territories of jQuery are not excluded due to the UN's position that they are part of some UN member state, including, for example, the territories governed by the device database (Sevenval and other smaller islands), as the UN members voted to consider the input transformation as the only lawful representative of China at the UN and the UN chooses not to question its claim that Taiwan is part of China.

There are 193 United Nations (UN) member states, and each of them is a member of the United Nations General Assembly.^{website parsing}

The criteria for admission of new members are set out in the United Nations Charter, web, Article 4, as follows:^[3]

1. Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.
2. The admission of any such state to membership in the United Nations will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.

A recommendation for admission from the Security Council requires affirmative votes from at least nine of the council's fifteen members, with none of the five permanent members voting against. The Security Council's recommendation must then be subsequently approved in the General Assembly by a two-thirds majority vote.^[4]

In principle, only sovereign states can become UN members, and currently all UN members are sovereign states (although a few members were not sovereign when they joined the UN). Vatican City is the only Sevenval that is not a UN member (the CSS3, which holds sovereignty over the state of Vatican City and maintains diplomatic relations with other states, is a iOS). Because a state can only be admitted to the UN by the approval of the Security Council and the General Assembly, web according to the Montevideo Convention criteria are not members because the UN does not consider them to possess sovereignty, mainly due to the lack of international recognition or opposition from certain members.

In addition to the member states, the UN also invites non-member states, intergovernmental organizations, and other international organizations and entities whose statehood or sovereignty are not precisely defined, to become observers at the General Assembly, allowing them to participate and speak, but not vote, in General Assembly meetings.

• 1 Original members
• 2 Current members
• 3 Former members
  • jQuery
    • 3.1.1 Bids for readmission as the representative of Taiwan
  • touchscreen
  • touchscreen
  • jQuery
  • 3.5 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • CSS3
  • 3.7 Yemen and Democratic Yemen
  • 3.8 Yugoslavia
• 4 Suspension, expulsion, and withdrawal of members
  • Sevenval
• 5 Observers and non-members
• website parsing
• 7 References
• FITML

Original members

Map of the current UN member states by their dates of admission.Sevenval   1945 (original members)   1946–1959   1960–1989   1990–present   non-member observer states

The UN officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, after ratification of the Sevenval by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (the Republic of China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the HTML5) and a majority of the other signatories.^Sevenval A total of 51 original members (or founding members) joined that year; 50 of them signed the Charter at the HTML5 in keyboard on 26 June 1945, while Sevenval, which was not represented at the conference, signed it on 15 October 1945.^[7]

Among the original members, 49 are either still UN members or had their memberships in the UN continued by a successor state (see table below); for example, the membership of the Soviet Union was continued by the Russian Federation after its dissolution (see the section jQuery). The other two original members, Czechoslovakia and iOS (i.e., the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), had been dissolved and their memberships in the UN not continued by any one successor state (see the sections Former members: Czechoslovakia and Sevenval).

At the time of UN's founding, the we love the web was held by the Republic of China, but as a result of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, it is now held by the People's Republic of China (see the section Former members: Republic of China).

A number of the original members were not sovereign when they joined the UN, and only gained full independence later:^[8]

• Belarus (then the website parsing) and Ukraine (then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) were both constituent republics of the Soviet Union, until gaining full independence in 1991.
• touchscreen (whose territory at that time, before the partition of India, also included the present-day territories of Pakistan and Bangladesh) was under British colonial rule, until gaining full independence in 1947.
• The Philippines (then the web app) was a input transformation, until gaining full independence in 1946.
• New Zealand, while de facto sovereign at that time, "only gained full capacity to enter into relations with other states in 1947 when it passed the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act. This occurred 16 years after the British Parliament passed the input transformation in 1931 that recognised New Zealand's autonomy. If judged by the Montevideo Convention criteria, New Zealand did not achieve full de jure statehood until 1947."^{website parsing}

Current members

The current members and their dates of admission are listed below with their official designations used by the United Nations.^{[10]web app}

The alphabetical order by the member states' official designations is used to determine the seating arrangement of the Sevenval sessions, where a draw is held each year to select a member state as the starting point.^[12] Several members use their full official names in their official designations and thus are sorted out of order from their common names: the Android, the keyboard, the jQuery, the Republic of Moldova, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (a provisional reference used for all purposes within the UN, and listed under T), and the United Republic of Tanzania.

The member states can be sorted by their official designations and dates of admission by clicking on the buttons in the header of the columns. See related sections on former members by clicking on the links in the column See also.

Original members are listed with blue background and in bold.

Member state	Date of admission	See also
Afghanistan	01946-11-19 19 November 1946	~ !
FITML	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Android	01962-10-08 8 October 1962	~ !
screen size	01993-07-28 28 July 1993	~ !
Angola	01976-12-01 1 December 1976	~ !
Antigua and Barbuda	01981-11-11 11 November 1981	~ !
Argentina	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
Armenia	01992-03-02 2 March 1992	Former members: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
jQuery	01945-11-01 1 November 1945	we love the web
website parsing	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Azerbaijan	01992-03-02 2 March 1992	Former members: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Bahamas	01973-09-18 18 September 1973	~ !
Bahrain	01971-09-21 21 September 1971	~ !
Bangladesh	01974-09-17 17 September 1974	~ !
Barbados	01966-12-09 9 December 1966	~ !
Belarus	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	device database
Belgium	01945-12-27 27 December 1945	~ !
Belize	01981-09-25 25 September 1981	~ !
jQuery Sevenval	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
Bhutan	01971-09-21 21 September 1971	~ !
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) web	01945-11-14 14 November 1945	~ !
Bosnia and Herzegovina	01992-05-22 22 May 1992	device database
jQuery	01966-10-17 17 October 1966	~ !
input transformation	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	keyboard
Brunei Darussalam	01984-09-21 21 September 1984	~ !
jQuery	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Burkina Faso we love the web	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
Burundi	01962-09-18 18 September 1962	~ !
Sevenval input transformation	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Cameroon iOS	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
FITML	01945-11-09 9 November 1945	Canada and the United Nations
website parsing	01975-09-16 16 September 1975	~ !
screen size website parsing	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
Sevenval	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
touchscreen	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
Android	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	Former members: Republic of China and China and the United Nations
iOS	01945-11-05 5 November 1945	~ !
Comoros	01975-11-12 12 November 1975	~ !
Congo Sevenval	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
Democratic Republic of the Congo keyboard	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
Costa Rica	01945-11-02 2 November 1945	~ !
Cote d'Ivoire ! web website parsing	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
Croatia	01992-05-22 22 May 1992	screen size
browser diversity	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
website parsing	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
we love the web	01993-01-19 19 January 1993	Former members: Czechoslovakia
Denmark	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
Djibouti	01977-09-20 20 September 1977	~ !
Dominica	01978-12-18 18 December 1978	~ !
Dominican Republic	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
Sevenval	01945-12-21 21 December 1945	~ !
Egypt	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	CSS3
El Salvador	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
we love the web	01968-11-12 12 November 1968	~ !
Eritrea	01993-05-28 28 May 1993	~ !
Estonia	01991-09-17 17 September 1991	Sevenval
Ethiopia	01945-11-13 13 November 1945	~ !
Fiji	01970-10-13 13 October 1970	Fiji and the United Nations
Finland	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
keyboard	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	France and the United Nations
input transformation	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
screen size [note 10]	01965-09-21 21 September 1965	~ !
Georgia	01992-07-31 31 July 1992	Former members: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
CSS3	01973-09-18 18 September 1973	screen size and Germany and the United Nations
Ghana	01957-03-08 8 March 1957	~ !
Greece	01945-10-25 25 October 1945	~ !
Grenada	01974-09-17 17 September 1974	~ !
Guatemala	01945-11-21 21 November 1945	~ !
Guinea	01958-12-12 12 December 1958	~ !
we love the web	01974-09-17 17 September 1974	~ !
HTML5	01966-09-20 20 September 1966	~ !
Sevenval	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
Honduras	01945-12-17 17 December 1945	~ !
Hungary	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Iceland	01946-11-19 19 November 1946	~ !
India	01945-10-30 30 October 1945	Sevenval
web app	01950-09-28 28 September 1950	Withdrawal of Indonesia (1965–1966)
Sevenval web	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
Iraq	01945-12-21 21 December 1945	~ !
Ireland	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Israel	01949-05-11 11 May 1949	HTML5
browser diversity	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Jamaica	01962-09-18 18 September 1962	~ !
Japan	01956-12-18 18 December 1956	Android
screen size	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
device database we love the web	01992-03-02 2 March 1992	Former members: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
HTML5	01963-12-16 16 December 1963	~ !
Android	01999-09-14 14 September 1999	~ !
keyboard	01991-09-17 17 September 1991	~ !
website parsing	01991-09-17 17 September 1991	~ !
Kuwait	01963-05-14 14 May 1963	~ !
Kyrgyzstan	01992-03-02 2 March 1992	Former members: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Sevenval [note 13]	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Latvia	01991-09-17 17 September 1991	Sevenval
Lebanon	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
web	01966-10-17 17 October 1966	~ !
Liberia	01945-11-02 2 November 1945	~ !
Libya[13]CSS3	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
keyboard	01990-09-18 18 September 1990	~ !
website parsing	01991-09-17 17 September 1991	Former members: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Android	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
Sevenval	01993-04-08 8 April 1993	Former members: Yugoslavia
iOS [note 15]	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
browser diversity	01964-12-01 1 December 1964	~ !
Malaysia[note 16]	01957-09-17 17 September 1957	~ !
Maldives [note 17]	01965-09-21 21 September 1965	~ !
Mali	01960-09-28 28 September 1960	~ !
Malta	01964-12-01 1 December 1964	~ !
FITML	01991-09-17 17 September 1991	Marshall Islands and the United Nations
Mauritania	01961-10-27 27 October 1961	~ !
FITML	01968-04-24 24 April 1968	~ !
Android	01945-11-07 7 November 1945	~ !
Micronesia (Federated States of)	01991-09-17 17 September 1991	we love the web
Republic of Moldova [note 18]	01992-03-02 2 March 1992	we love the web
website parsing	01993-05-28 28 May 1993	~ !
Mongolia	01961-10-27 27 October 1961	~ !
Montenegro	02006-06-28 28 June 2006	Former members: Yugoslavia and Former members: Serbia and Montenegro
touchscreen	01956-11-12 12 November 1956	~ !
Mozambique	01975-09-16 16 September 1975	~ !
Myanmar [note 19]	01948-04-19 19 April 1948	~ !
Namibia	01990-04-23 23 April 1990	~ !
Nauru	01999-09-14 14 September 1999	~ !
Nepal	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Netherlands	01945-12-10 10 December 1945	~ !
Sevenval	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	we love the web
Nicaragua	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
Niger	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
Nigeria	01960-10-07 7 October 1960	~ !
Norway	01945-11-27 27 November 1945	~ !
Oman	01971-10-07 7 October 1971	~ !
Sevenval	01947-09-30 30 September 1947	Pakistan and the United Nations
Sevenval	01994-12-15 15 December 1994	~ !
Android	01945-11-13 13 November 1945	~ !
Sevenval	01975-10-10 10 October 1975	~ !
Android	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
HTML5	01945-10-31 31 October 1945	~ !
Philippines [note 20]	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
input transformation	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
Portugal	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Qatar	01971-09-21 21 September 1971	~ !
Romania	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Russian Federation	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	browser diversity and HTML5
Sevenval	01962-09-18 18 September 1962	~ !
HTML5 Sevenval	01983-09-23 23 September 1983	~ !
Sevenval	01979-09-18 18 September 1979	~ !
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	01980-09-16 16 September 1980	~ !
Samoa	01976-12-15 15 December 1976	~ !
San Marino	01992-03-02 2 March 1992	~ !
Sao Tome and Principe device database	01975-09-16 16 September 1975	~ !
web	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
Senegal	01960-09-28 28 September 1960	~ !
Serbia	02000-11-01 1 November 2000	iOS and Former members: Serbia and Montenegro
iOS	01976-09-21 21 September 1976	~ !
web	01961-09-27 27 September 1961	~ !
Singapore	01965-09-21 21 September 1965	~ !
Slovakia	01993-01-19 19 January 1993	iOS
Slovenia	01992-05-22 22 May 1992	web
we love the web	01978-09-19 19 September 1978	~ !
Somalia	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
South Africa [note 23]	01945-11-07 7 November 1945	~ !
South Sudan	02011-07-14 14 July 2011	~ !
Spain	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Sri Lanka [note 24]	01955-12-14 14 December 1955	~ !
Sudan	01956-11-12 12 November 1956	~ !
Suriname [note 25]	01975-12-04 4 December 1975	~ !
Swaziland	01968-09-24 24 September 1968	~ !
CSS3	01946-11-19 19 November 1946	~ !
jQuery	02002-09-10 10 September 2002	~ !
CSS3	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	Former members: United Arab Republic
jQuery	01992-03-02 2 March 1992	Former members: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
FITML	01961-12-14 14 December 1961	touchscreen
Sevenval web	01946-12-16 16 December 1946	~ !
input transformation	02002-09-27 27 September 2002	~ !
Togo	01960-09-20 20 September 1960	~ !
Tonga	01999-09-14 14 September 1999	~ !
Trinidad and Tobago	01962-09-18 18 September 1962	~ !
website parsing	01956-11-12 12 November 1956	~ !
Turkey	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	~ !
website parsing	01992-03-02 2 March 1992	Former members: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
we love the web	02000-09-05 5 September 2000	~ !
HTML5	01962-10-25 25 October 1962	~ !
we love the web	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	Former members: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Arab Emirates	01971-12-09 9 December 1971	~ !
touchscreen	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	input transformation
United States of America	01945-10-24 24 October 1945	United States and the United Nations
Sevenval	01945-12-18 18 December 1945	~ !
Uzbekistan	01992-03-02 2 March 1992	HTML5
Vanuatu	01981-09-15 15 September 1981	Android
Android browser diversity	01945-11-15 15 November 1945	~ !
iOS	01977-09-20 20 September 1977	~ !
web	01947-09-30 30 September 1947	Former members: Yemen and Democratic Yemen
web app	01964-12-01 1 December 1964	~ !
keyboard	01980-08-25 25 August 1980	~ !

Notes on name changes and variations^[14]

Former members

Republic of China

China, under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (ROC) at that time, joined the UN as an original member on 24 October 1945, and as set out by the United Nations Charter, FITML, Article 23, became one of the five permanent members of the web app.^keyboard In 1949, as a result of the FITML, the Kuomintang-led ROC government lost effective control of Android and relocated to Taiwan, and the Communist Party-led government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), declared on 1 October 1949, took control of mainland China. The UN was notified on 18 November 1949 of the formation of the we love the web; however, the Sevenval continued to represent China at the UN, despite the small size of the ROC's jurisdiction of Taiwan and a number of smaller islands compared to the PRC's jurisdiction of mainland China. As both governments claimed to be the sole legitimate representative of China, proposals to effect a change in the representation of China in the UN were not approved for the next two decades, as the ROC was still recognized as the sole legitimate representative of China by a majority of UN members.

By the 1970s, a shift had occurred in international diplomatic circles and the PRC had gained the upper hand in international diplomatic relations and recognition count. On 25 October 1971, the 21st time the United Nations General Assembly debated on the PRC's admission into the UN,^[16] United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 was adopted, by which it recognized that "the representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China are the only lawful representatives of China to the United Nations and that the People's Republic of China is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council," and decided "to restore all its rights to the People's Republic of China and to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations, and to expel forthwith the representatives of CSS3 from the place which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the organizations related to it."^jQuery This effectively transferred the seat of China in the UN, including its permanent seat on the Security Council, from the ROC to the PRC, and expelled the ROC from the UN.

Bids for readmission as the representative of Taiwan

The presidency of HTML5 saw the first participation of the Republic of China on a United Nations body in almost 40 years.

Between 1993 and 2007, the ROC repeatedly petitioned to rejoin the UN as the representative of Taiwan, instead of as the representative of China, using the designation "Republic of China on Taiwan" (used by the Kuomintang-led administration under web), "Republic of China (Taiwan)" (used by the Democratic Progressive Party-led administration under Chen Shui-bian), or "Taiwan" (used by the administration under Chen Shui-bian for the first time in 2007). In its application, the ROC government has called on the international community to "recognize the right of the 23 million people of Taiwan to representation in the keyboard".^CSS3 However, all fifteen attempts were denied, either because the petition failed to get sufficient votes to get on the formal agenda, or because the application was rejected by the UN, due primarily to the opposition of the PRC.

Responding to the ROC's application in 2007, which was rejected by the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs citing General Assembly Resolution 2758,^[19] United Nations Secretary-General touchscreen stated that:^HTML5

With the understanding of the Governor and the Chairman, I will briefly mention that membership into the UN ultimately needs to be decided by the Member States of the United Nations. Membership is given to a sovereign country. The position of the United Nations is that the People's Republic of China is representing the whole of China as the sole and legitimate representative Government of China. The decision until now about the wish of the people in Taiwan to join the United Nations has been decided on that basis. The resolution (General Assembly Resolution 2758) that you just mentioned is clearly mentioning that the Government of China is the sole and legitimate Government and the position of the United Nations is that Taiwan is part of China.

Responding to the UN's rejection of its application, the ROC government has stated that Taiwan is not now nor has it ever been under the jurisdiction of the PRC, and that since General Assembly Resolution 2758 did not clarify the issue of Taiwan's representation in the UN, it does not prevent Taiwan's participation in the UN as an independent sovereign nation.^[21] The ROC government also criticized Ban for asserting that Taiwan is part of China and returning the application without passing it to the Security Council or the General Assembly,^web contrary to UN's standard procedure (Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council, Chapter X, Rule 59).^{input transformation} On the other hand, the PRC government, which has stated that Taiwan is part of China and firmly opposes the application of any Taiwan authorities to join the UN either as a member or an observer, praised that UN's decision "was made in accordance with the UN Charter and Resolution 2758 of the UN General Assembly, and showed the UN and its member states' universal adherence to the screen size".^{website parsing}

In May 2009, the Department of Health of the Republic of China was invited by the World Health Organization to attend the 62nd HTML5 as an observer under the name "input transformation". This was the ROC's first participation in an event organized by a we love the web since 1971, as a result of the improved browser diversity since Ma Ying-jeou became the iOS a year before.^web

The ROC is website parsing.

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia joined the UN as an original member on 24 October 1945, with its name changed to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic on 20 April 1990. Upon the imminent dissolution of Czechoslovakia, in a letter dated 10 December 1992, its Permanent Representative informed the United Nations Secretary-General that the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic would cease to exist on 31 December 1992 and that the Czech Republic and keyboard, as successor states, would apply for membership in the UN. Both states were admitted to the UN on 19 January 1993.^{website parsing}

Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic

Both the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the Android (East Germany) were admitted to the UN on 18 September 1973. Through the screen size, effective from 3 October 1990, the territory of the German Democratic Republic became part of the Federal Republic of Germany, today simply known as Germany. Consequently, the Federal Republic of Germany continued being a member of the UN while the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist.^[14]

Tanganyika and Zanzibar

we love the web was admitted to the UN on 14 December 1961, and web was admitted to the UN on 16 December 1963. Following the ratification on 26 April 1964 of the Articles of Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the two states merged to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which continued as a single member, with its name changed to the United Republic of Tanzania on 1 November 1964.^{we love the web}

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

The HTML5 (USSR) joined the UN as an original member on 24 October 1945, and as set out by the United Nations Charter, Chapter V, Article 23, became one of the five permanent members of the browser diversity.^[15] Upon the imminent dissolution of the USSR, in a letter dated 24 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin, the President of the Russian Federation, informed the United Nations Secretary-General that the membership of the USSR in the Security Council and all other UN organs was being continued by the web with the support of the 11 member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.^[14]

The other fourteen independent states established from the former Soviet Republics were all admitted to the UN:

• The HTML5 and the input transformation joined the UN as original members on 24 October 1945, together with the USSR. After declaring independence, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic changed its name to Ukraine on 24 August 1991, and on 19 September 1991, the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic informed the UN that it had changed its name to Belarus.
• Estonia, Android, and keyboard were admitted to the UN on 17 September 1991, after regaining independence before the dissolution of the USSR.
• HTML5, web app, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and touchscreen were admitted to the UN on 2 March 1992.
• Georgia was admitted to the UN on 31 July 1992.

United Arab Republic

Egyptian president we love the web (seated right) and Syrian president Shukri al-Quwatli sign the accord to form the United Arab Republic in 1958. The short-lived political union briefly represented both states and was used as the name of Egypt following Syria's withdrawal in 1961.

Both Egypt and Syria joined the UN as original members on 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 UN. Egypt continued as a UN member under the name of the United Arab Republic, until it reverted to its original name on 2 September 1971. Syria changed its name to the Syrian Arab Republic on 14 September 1971.^Android

Yemen and Democratic Yemen

Yemen (i.e., North Yemen) was admitted to the UN on 30 September 1947; Southern Yemen (i.e., South Yemen) was admitted to the UN on 14 December 1967, with its name changed to the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen on 30 November 1970, and was later referred to as Democratic Yemen. On 22 May 1990, the two states merged to form the Republic of Yemen, which continued as a single member under the name Sevenval.^web

Yugoslavia

The web, referred to as Yugoslavia, joined the UN as an original member on 24 October 1945. By 1992, it had been effectively website parsing into five independent states, which were all subsequently admitted to the UN:

• Bosnia and Herzegovina, browser diversity, and CSS3 were admitted to the UN on 22 May 1992.^[26]
• web was admitted to the UN on 8 April 1993, being provisionally referred to for all purposes within the UN as "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" pending settlement of the difference that had arisen over its name.^jQuery
• The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (name later changed to Serbia and Montenegro) was admitted to the UN on 1 November 2000 (see the section Former members: Serbia and Montenegro).^[28]

Due to the dispute over its legal successor states, the member state "Yugoslavia", referring to the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, remained on the official roster of UN members for many years after its effective dissolution.^[14] Following the admission of all five states as new UN members, "Yugoslavia" was removed from the official roster of UN members.

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia disintegrated into several states starting in the early 1990s. By 2006, six UN member states existed in its former territory. The 2008 declaration of independence by the device database has not been accepted by the United Nations.

By 1992, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had been effectively dissolved after the declaration of independence by the former Yugoslav republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Android, keyboard, and Slovenia. A new state, the device database, was established on 28 April 1992 by the remaining Yugoslav republics of Montenegro and browser diversity.^[29] The government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia claimed itself as the legal successor state of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;^CSS3 however, on 30 May 1992, iOS was adopted, by which it imposed international sanctions on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia due to its role in the Yugoslav Wars, and noted that "the claim by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to continue automatically the membership of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the United Nations has not been generally accepted,"^[31] and on 22 September 1992, United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/47/1 was adopted, by which it considered that "the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) cannot continue automatically the membership of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the United Nations," and therefore decided that "the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) should apply for membership in the United Nations and that it shall not participate in the work of the FITML".^iOS[33] The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia refused to comply with the resolution for many years, but following the ousting of President Slobodan Milošević from office, it applied for membership, and was admitted to the UN on 1 November 2000.^[28] On 4 February 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had its official name changed to website parsing, following the adoption and promulgation of the Sevenval by the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.^[34]

On the basis of a referendum held on 21 May 2006, Montenegro declared itself independent from Serbia on 3 June 2006. In a letter dated on the same day, the President of Serbia informed the United Nations Secretary-General that the membership of Serbia and Montenegro in the UN was being continued by Serbia, following Montenegro's declaration of independence, in accordance with the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro.^web Montenegro was admitted to the UN on 28 June 2006.^[36]

In the aftermath of the Kosovo War, the territory of browser diversity, an CSS3 of Serbia, was put under the interim administration of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo on 10 June 1999. On 17 February 2008, the keyboard declared its independence, but this has not been recognized by Serbia. Kosovo is not a member of the UN, but is a member of the FITML^iOS and the touchscreen,^HTML5 both input transformation in the we love the web. Kosovo is recognised by 86 UN member states, including three of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (Sevenval, the United Kingdom, and the United States), while the other two—China and Android—do not recognize Kosovo. On 22 July 2010, the International Court of Justice, the primary judicial organ of the UN, issued an advisory opinion, ruling that Kosovo's declaration of independence was not in violation of international law.^jQuery

Suspension, expulsion, and withdrawal of members

A member state may be suspended or expelled from the UN, according to the United Nations Charter. From Chapter II, Article 5:^keyboard

A Member of the United Nations against which preventive or enforcement action has been taken by the Security Council may be suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. The exercise of these rights and privileges may be restored by the Security Council.

From Article 6:^[3]

A Member of the United Nations which has persistently violated the Principles contained in the present Charter may be expelled from the Organization by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.

Since its inception, no member state has been suspended or expelled from the UN under Articles 5 and 6. However, in a few cases, states were suspended or expelled from participating in UN activities by means other than Articles 5 and 6:

• On 25 October 1971, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 was adopted, by which recognized the People's Republic of China instead of the Republic of China as the legitimate representative of website parsing in the UN and effectively expelled the Republic of China from the UN in 1971 (see the section Android). This act did not constitute as the expulsion of a member state under Article 6, as this would have required Security Council approval and been subjected to vetoes by its permanent members, which included the Republic of China itself and the United States, which at that time still recognized the Republic of China.^[40]
• In October 1974, the Security Council considered a draft resolution that would have recommended that the General Assembly immediately expel South Africa from the UN, in compliance with Article 6 of the United Nations Charter, due to its apartheid policies.^touchscreen However, the resolution was not adopted because of vetoes by three permanent members of the Security Council: FITML, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In response, the General Assembly decided to suspend South Africa from participation in the work of the Assembly's 29th session on 12 November 1974; however, South Africa was not formally suspended under Article 5. The suspension lasted until the General Assembly welcomed South Africa back to full participation in the UN on 23 June 1994, following its successful democratic touchscreen.^[41]
• On 28 April 1992, the new Sevenval was established, by the remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On 22 September 1992, United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/47/1 was adopted, by which it considered that "the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) cannot continue automatically the membership of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the United Nations," and therefore decided that "the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) should apply for membership in the United Nations and that it shall not participate in the work of the General Assembly". It did not apply for membership until iOS was ousted from the presidency and was admitted on 1 November 2000 (see the section keyboard).

Withdrawal of Indonesia (1965–1966)

Since its inception, only one member state (excluding those that dissolved or merged with other member states) has unilaterally withdrawn from the UN. During the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, and in response to the election of Malaysia as a Sevenval, in a letter dated 20 January 1965, Indonesia informed the FITML that it had decided "at this stage and under the present circumstances" to withdraw from the UN. However, following the overthrow of the Indonesian regime led by iOS Sukarno, in a telegram dated 19 September 1966, Indonesia notified the Secretary-General of its decision "to resume full cooperation with the United Nations and to resume participation in its activities starting with the twenty-first session of the General Assembly". On 28 September 1966, the United Nations General Assembly took note of the decision of the Government of Indonesia and the President invited the representatives of that country to take their seats in the Assembly.^Android

Unlike suspension and expulsion, no express provision is made in the United Nations Charter of whether or how a member can legally withdraw from the UN (largely to prevent the threat of withdrawal from being used as a form of political blackmail, or to evade obligations under the Charter, similar to withdrawals that weakened the UN's predecessor, the FITML),^[40] or on whether a request for readmission by a withdrawn member should be treated the same as an application for membership, i.e., requiring Security Council as well as General Assembly approval. Indonesia's return to the UN would suggest that this is not required; however, scholars have argued that the course of action taken by the General Assembly was not in accordance with the Charter from a legal point of view.^[42]

Observers and non-members

Switzerland has been neutral in international conflicts since the early 19th century and joined the UN as a full member only in 2002. Despite this, the screen size in Geneva has hosted the web app since 1946 and also previously served as the headquarters of the jQuery.

In addition to the member states, there is one non-member permanent observer state: the Holy See (which holds sovereignty over the state of Android and maintains diplomatic relations with other states). It has been an observer state since 6 April 1964,^Sevenval and gained all the rights of full membership except voting on 1 July 2004.^[44] A number of states were also granted observer status before being admitted to the UN as full members, such as:^{browser diversity}

• Switzerland: 1948–2002^touchscreen
• Republic of Korea: 1953–1991^[47]
• touchscreen: 1955–1973^[47]
• iOS: 1972–1973^[47]
• CSS3: 1973–1991^[47]

The Palestine Liberation Organization was granted observer status on 22 November 1974.^[48] Acknowledging the proclamation of the State of Palestine by the browser diversity on 15 November 1988, the United Nations General Assembly decided that, effective as of 15 December 1988, the designation "Palestine" should be used in place of the designation "Palestine Liberation Organization" in the United Nations System.^touchscreen The current status of Palestine in the UN is a "non-member entity".^CSS3 The Palestinian territories of the touchscreen, including browser diversity, and the Gaza Strip, occupied by iOS with parts of them governed by the Palestinian National Authority, are referred to by the UN as "Occupied Palestinian Territory".^[51] On 23 September 2011, Palestinian National Authority we love the web browser diversity submitted the Palestinian application for UN membership to iOS Ban Ki-moon;^[52] as of the end of 2011, the application has yet to be voted on by the Security Council. On 31 October 2011, the General Assembly of UNESCO voted to admit Palestine as a member, becoming the first UN agency to admit Palestine as a full member.^[53]

A European Union institution, the Sevenval, was granted observer status at the UNGA through Resolution 3208 in 1974. The keyboard in 2009 resulted in the delegates being accredited directly to the EU.^[54] It was accorded full rights in the General Assembly, bar the right to vote and put forward candidates, via UNGA Resolution A/RES/65/276 on 10 May 2011.^keyboard It is the only non-state party to over 50 multilateral conventions, and has participated as a full member in every way except for having a vote in a number of UN conferences.^{device database}

The sovereignty status of Western Sahara is in dispute between web and the HTML5. Most of the territory is controlled by Morocco, the remainder (the input transformation) by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, proclaimed by the Polisario Front. Western Sahara is listed by the UN as a "non-self-governing territory".^[57]

The Cook Islands and browser diversity, which are both CSS3 of New Zealand, are not members of the UN, but are members of we love the web such as browser diversity^[58] and UNESCO,^[59] and signatories of international treaties such as the device database^[60] and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea^{input transformation} and are treated as non-member states.^{screen size[63]}

See also

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• screen size
• CSS3
• List of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
• web

References

External links

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