UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

UNO  - UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION 

Formed on
24 October 1945

Members
192

A

Afghanistan (19 November 1946) 
Albania (14 December 1955) 
Algeria (8 October 1962) 
Andorra (28 July 1993) 
Angola (1 December 1976) 
Antigua and Barbuda (11 November 1981) 
Argentina (24 October 1945) 
Armenia (2 March 1992) 
Australia (1 November 1945) 
Austria (14 December 1955) 
Azerbaijan (2 March 1992) 

B

Bahamas (18 September 1973) 
Bahrain (21 September 1971) 
Bangladesh (17 September 1974) 
Barbados (9 December 1966) 
Belarus (24 October 1945) 
Belgium (27 December 1945) 
Belize (25 September 1981) 
Benin (20 September 1960) 
Bhutan (21 September 1971) 
Bolivia (14 November 1945) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina (22 May 1992) 
Botswana (17 October 1966) 
Brazil (24 October 1945) 
Brunei Darussalam (21 September 1984) 
Bulgaria (14 December 1955) 
Burkina Faso (20 September 1960) 
Burundi (18 September 1962) 

C

Cambodia (14 December 1955) 
Cameroon (20 September 1960) 
Canada (9 November 1945) 
Cape Verde (16 September 1975) 
Central African Republic (20 September 1960) 
Chad (20 September 1960) 
Chile (24 October 1945) 
China (24 October 1945) 
Colombia (5 November 1945) 
Comoros (12 November 1975) 
Congo, Republic of the... (20 September 1960) 
Costa Rica (2 November 1945) 
Côte d'Ivoire (20 September 1960) 
Croatia (22 May 1992) 
Cuba (24 October 1945) 
Cyprus (20 September 1960) 
Czech Republic (19 January 1993) 

D

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (17 September 1991) 
Democratic Republic of the Congo (20 September 1960) 
Denmark (24 October 1945) 
Djibouti (20 September 1977) 
Dominica (18 December 1978) 
Dominican Republic (24 October 1945) 

E

Ecuador (21 December 1945) 
Egypt (24 October 1945) 
El Salvador (24 October 1945) 
Equatorial Guinea (12 November 1968) 
Eritrea (28 May 1993) 
Estonia (17 September 1991) 
Ethiopia (13 November 1945) 

F

Fiji (13 October 1970) 
Finland (14 December 1955) 
France (24 October 1945) 

G

Gabon (20 September 1960) 
Gambia (21 September 1965) 
Georgia (31 July 1992) 
Germany (18 September 1973) 
Ghana (8 March 1957) 
Greece (25 October 1945) 
Grenada (17 September 1974) 
Guatemala (21 November 1945) 
Guinea (12 December 1958) 
Guinea-Bissau (17 September 1974) 
Guyana (20 September 1966) 

H

Haiti (24 October 1945) 
Honduras (17 December 1945) 
Hungary (14 December 1955) 

I

Iceland (19 November 1946) 
India (30 October 1945) 
Indonesia (28 September 1950) 
Iran, Islamic Republic of... (24 October 1945) 
Iraq (21 December 1945) 
Ireland (14 December 1955) 
Israel (11 May 1949) 
Italy (14 December 1955) 

J

Jamaica (18 September 1962) 
Japan (18 December 1956) 
Jordan (14 December 1955) 

K

Kazakhstan (2 March 1992) 
Kenya (16 December 1963) 
Kiribati (14 September 1999) 
Kuwait (14 May 1963) 
Kyrgyzstan (2 March 1992) 

L

Lao People's Democratic Republic (14 December 1955) 
Latvia (17 September 1991) 
Lebanon (24 October 1945) 
Lesotho (17 October 1966) 
Liberia (2 November 1945) 
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (14 December 1955) 
Liechtenstein (18 September 1990) 
Lithuania (17 September 1991) 
Luxembourg (24 October 1945) 

M

Madagascar (20 September 1960) 
Malawi (1 December 1964) 
Malaysia (17 September 1957) 
Maldives (21 September 1965) 
Mali (28 September 1960) 
Malta (1 December 1964) 
Marshall Islands (17 September 1991) 
Mauritania (27 October 1961) 
Mauritius (24 April 1968) 
Mexico (7 November 1945) 
Micronesia, Federated States of... (17 September 1991) 
Monaco (28 May 1993) 
Mongolia (27 October 1961) 
Montenegro (28 June 2006) 
Morocco (12 November 1956) 
Mozambique (16 September 1975) 
Myanmar (19 April 1948) 

N

Namibia (23 April 1990) 
Nauru (14 September 1999) 
Nepal (14 December 1955) 
Netherlands (10 December 1945) 
New Zealand (24 October 1945) 
Nicaragua (24 October 1945) 
Niger (20 September 1960) 
Nigeria (7 October 1960) 
Norway (27 November 1945) 

O

Oman (7 October 1971) 

P

Pakistan (30 September 1947) 
Palau (15 December 1994) 
Panama (13 November 1945) 
Papua New Guinea (10 October 1975) 
Paraguay (24 October 1945) 
Peru (31 October 1945) 
Philippines (24 October 1945) 
Poland (24 October 1945) 
Portugal (14 December 1955) 

Q

Qatar (21 September 1971) 

R

Republic of Korea (17 September 1991) 
Republic of Moldova (2 March 1992) 
Romania (14 December 1955) 
Russian Federation (24 October 1945) 
Rwanda (18 September 1962) 

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis (23 September 1983) 
Saint Lucia (18 September 1979) 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (16 September 1980) 
Samoa (15 December 1976) 
San Marino (2 March 1992) 
Sao Tome and Principe (16 September 1975) 
Saudi Arabia (24 October 1945) 
Senegal (28 September 1960) 
Serbia (1 November 2000) 
Seychelles (21 September 1976) 
Sierra Leone (27 September 1961) 
Singapore (21 September 1965) 
Slovakia (19 January 1993) 
Slovenia (22 May 1992) 
Solomon Islands (19 September 1978) 
Somalia (20 September 1960) 
South Africa (7 November 1945) 
Spain (14 December 1955) 
Sri Lanka (14 December 1955) 
Sudan (12 November 1956) 
Suriname (4 December 1975) 
Swaziland (24 September 1968) 
Sweden (19 November 1946) 
Switzerland (10 September 2002) 
Syrian Arab Republic (24 October 1945) 

T

Tajikistan (2 March 1992) 
Thailand (16 December 1946) 
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (8 April 1993) 
Timor-Leste (27 September 2002) 
Togo (20 September 1960) 
Tonga (14 September 1999) 
Trinidad and Tobago (18 September 1962) 
Tunisia (12 November 1956) 
Turkey (24 October 1945) 
Turkmenistan (2 March 1992) 
Tuvalu (5 September 2000) 

U

Uganda (25 October 1962) 
Ukraine (24 October 1945) 
United Arab Emirates (9 December 1971) 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (24 October 1945) 
United Republic of Tanzania (14 December 1961) 
United States of America (24 October 1945) 
Uruguay (18 December 1945) 
Uzbekistan (2 March 1992) 

V

Vanuatu (15 September 1981) 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of... (15 November 1945) 
Viet Nam (20 September 1977) 

Y

Yemen (30 September 1947) 

Z

Zambia (1 December 1964) 
Zimbabwe (25 August 1980) 


Main Bodies

1-General Assembly 

Subsidiary Organs 
Committee on Information 
Human Rights Council 
Candidacies 
PRESIDENT of the 63rd Session
United Nations General Assembly 
H.E. Mr. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
2-
Security Council 

Peacebuilding Commission
Counter-terrorism Bodies 
Counter-Terrorism Committee 
Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee 
1540 Committee (non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Sanctions Committees Security Council Presidency in 2009

3-Security Council Presidency in 2009

Month ---------Presidency -------------End of Membership 
January -------France -------------Permanent Member 
February ------Japan -------------------31 December 2010 
March ----------Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ------31 December 2009 
April -------------Mexico -----------------31 December 2010 
May ---------Russian Federation ------------Permanent Member 
June --------------Turkey ------------31 December 2010 
July -------------Uganda -----------31 December 2010 
August ----------- United Kingdom -----------Permanent Member 
September -------------United States -------Permanent Member 
October ------------ Viet Nam -----------31 December 2009 
November --------------Austria -------------- 31 December 2010 
December ---------- Burkina Faso ------------31 December 2009 
China ------------Permanent Member 
Costa Rica --------31 December 2009 
Croatia 31 -----------December 2009 

Membership in 2009

permanent members 
China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States

non-permament members (with year of term's end)

Austria (2010) 
Japan (2010)
Uganda (2010) 
Burkina Faso (2009)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2009) 
Viet Nam (2009) 
Costa Rica (2009) 
Mexico (2010) 
Croatia (2009) Turkey (2010) 


4- Economic and Social Council

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) 
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) 
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) 

5-Secretariat 

6-International Court of Justice 

The Court is composed of 15 judges, who are elected for terms of office of nine years by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. It is assisted by a Registry, its administrative organ. Its official languages are English and French.

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