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  2. Member states of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    In dark blue, protectorates and territories of the founding members. 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 Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and a ...

  3. United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The UN in 1945: founding members in light blue, protectorates and territories of the founding members in dark blue. By 1 March 1945, 21 additional states had signed the Declaration by the United Nations. [30] After months of planning, the UN Conference on International Organization opened in San Francisco on 25 April 1945. It was attended by 50 ...

  4. History of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a demilitarized zone, patrolled by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), that was established in 1964 and extended in 1974 after the ceasefire of 16 August 1974, following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, and the de facto partition of the island into the area controlled by the ...

  5. Enlargement of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    As of 3 January 2025, there are 193 member states in the United Nations (UN), each of which is a member of the United Nations General Assembly. [1]The following is a list of United Nations member states arranged in chronological order according to their dates of admission (with the United Nations Security Council resolutions that recommended their admission and the United Nations General ...

  6. List of members of the United Nations Security Council

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    This list contains the 138 United Nations member states so far elected to the United Nations Security Council, including the five permanent members, all listed by number of years each country has so far spent on the UNSC. Of all the members, 6 have so far ceased to exist, leaving the list with 132 modern nations.

  7. Charter of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The Charter entered into force on 24 October 1945, following ratification by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council—China, [Note 2] France, [Note 3] the Soviet Union, [Note 4] the United Kingdom, and the United States—and a majority of the other signatories; this is considered the official starting date of the ...

  8. United Nations System - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second biggest UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters (New York City).. The United Nations System consists of the United Nations' six principal bodies (the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the UN Secretariat), [1] the ...

  9. Canada and the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    Canada was a founding member of the United Nations, and was an original signatory of the Declaration by United Nations.At the signing of the Declaration by United Nations, Canada was one of four Dominions of the British Empire present, alongside Australia, New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa.