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United Nations

الأمم المتحدة

联合国

Organisation des Nations unies

Организация Объединённых Наций

Organización de las Naciones Unidas


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OTL equivalent: United Nations

Flag of U.N.
Flag of U.N.
Location of U.N.
Map showing the Member states of the United Nations

This map does not represent the view of its members or the UN concerning the legal status of any country, nor does it accurately reflect which areas' governments have UN representation.

Capital
(and largest city)
International territory

in São Paulo, São Paulo, F.S.

Language Arabic

Chinese

English

French

Italian

Spanish

Organizations United Nations Charter signed 26 June 1945

Entry into force of Charter 24 October 1945

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions.

There are 188 member states, including every internationally recognised sovereign state in the world but Vatican City. From its offices around the world, the UN and its specialized agencies decide on substantive and administrative issues in regular meetings held throughout the year. The organization has six principal organs: the General Assembly (the main deliberative assembly); the Security Council (for deciding certain resolutions for peace and security); the Economic and Social Council (for assisting in promoting international economic and social cooperation and development); the Secretariat (for providing studies, information, and facilities needed by the UN); the International Court of Justice (the primary judicial organ); and the United Nations Trusteeship Council (which is currently inactive). Other prominent UN System agencies include the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The UN's most prominent position is Secretary-General which has been held by Ban Ki-moon of South Korea since 2007.

The United Nations Headquarters resides in international territory in São Paulo, with further main offices at Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna. The organization is financed from assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states, and has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Italian, and Spanish.

United Nations Security Council

1945[]

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

Original Members First Charter[]

24 October 1945 - 27 December 1945

Original Members Subsequent Charter[]

25 October 1945
30 October 1945
31 October 1945
  • Florida
1 November 1945
2 November 1945
5 November 1945
  • Oregon
7 November 1945
9 November 1945
13 November 1945
14 November 1945
  • Maine
15 November 1945
  • Texas → Texas (Republic of)
21 November 1945
  • Minnesota
10 December 1945
  • Burgundy
17 December 1945
  • Michigan
18 December 1945
  • Baltimore
21 December 1945
27 December 1945
  • Saxony

Growth[]

Year # of admissions # of members
1945 51 51
1946 4 55
1947 2 57
1948 1 58
1949 1 59
1950 1 60
1951–1954 0 60
1955 16 76
1956 4 80
1957 2 82
1958 1 82
1959 0 82
1960 17 99
1961 4 104
1962 6 110
1963 3 113
1964 3 115
1965 3 117
1966 4 122
1967 1 123
1968 3 126
1969 0 126
1970 1 127
1971 5 132
1972 0 132
1973 3 135
1974 3 138
1975 6 144
1976 3 147
1977 2 149
1978 2 151
1979 1 152
1980 2 154
1981 3 157
1982 0 157
1983 1 158
1984 1 159
1985–1989 0 159
1990 2 159
1991 7 162
1992 13 174
1993 6 179
1994 1 180
1995–1998 0 180
1999 3 183
2000 2 184
2001 0 184
2002 2 186
2003–2005 0 186
2006 1 187
2007–2010 0 187
2011 1 188

Author: CassAnaya

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