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MISCELLANEA UNITED THIS WEEK'S USEFUL INFO 1971 Qatar, Bahrain and UAE gain their independence from UK MIDDLE EAST In 1945, the United Nations was originally founded by 51 states to stop wars between countries and to provide a platform for dialogue. Presently it has 193 members with South Sudan as its youngest member which joined in 2011. 13 МЕМBERS Year of admission Albania Andorra Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Austria Azerbaijan 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 • 1953 1954 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 •1964 • 1965 1966 1967 • 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 • 1998 1999 2000 • 2001 2002 2003 2004 • 2005 2006 • • 2007 2008 • 2009 • 2010 2011 Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Суprus Denmark 1960 The movements of independence in 1959 from colonial Europe Estonia Finland Algeria Angola Benin France Georgia Germany assured more African Burkina Faso Burundi Botswana members in the UN Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Kazakhstan Liechtenstein Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Cameroon 1990 After the fall of the Soviet Union, Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Congo Democratic Republic of Congo many republics became autonomous Comoros Macedonia Malta Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Republic of Moldovia Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Spain Sweden Kenya Lesotho Liberia Switzerland United Kingdom Turkey Ukraine Libya Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mali Antigua and Barbuda Belize Argentina Bahamas Mozambique Namibia Bolivia Brazil Niger Nigeria Barbados Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Canada Chile Costa Rica Cuba Colombia Dominican Republic Grenada Dominica Ecuador El Salvador Guyana Haiti Swaziland Guatemala Tanzania Honduras Jamaica Mexico Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Suriname S. Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay United States of America 29 ASIA 14 OCEANIA МЕMBERS МЕМBERS SOURCE: MEMBER STATES OF THE UNITED NATIONS (UN WEBSITE) GRAPHIC: MARCELO DUHALDE Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen Bahrain Tran Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Iraq Israel Saudi Arabia AFRICA 54 МЕМBERS EUROPE MEMBERS Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China India Indonesia Kyrgyzstan Laos Jаpan North Korea South Korea Kazakhstan Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Tajikistan Thailand AMERICAS Timor-Leste Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet Nam 35 ustralia Kiribati ! МЕМBERS Marshall Islands New Zeala Nauru Palau Samoa Tonga Tuvalu Papua Solomon Islands Guinea Micronesia Vanuatu