United Nations
Organization · 1945–present
Worldwide organisation of states set up after the Second World War to keep peace and security; its Security Council has five permanent members with a veto.
Office holders on October 7, 2006
Secretary-General 1
Offices
| Office | Holders | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary-General | 9 | 1946–present |
Relations
- Members: Soviet Union (1945–1991), Turkey (1945–), United States (1945–), Luxembourg (1945–), Chile (1945–), United Kingdom (1945–), France (1945–), Brazil (1945–), Dominican Republic (1945–), Cuba (1945–), Haiti (1945–), New Zealand (1945–), Argentina (1945–), Nicaragua (1945–), Paraguay (1945–), Saudi Arabia (1945–), Syria (1945–), Lebanon (1945–), Iran (1945–), El Salvador (1945–), Republic of China (1945–1971), Poland (1945–), Greece (1945–), India (1945–), Peru (1945–), Australia (1945–), Liberia (1945–), Costa Rica (1945–), Colombia (1945–), Mexico (1945–), Canada (1945–), Panama (1945–), Ethiopia (1945–), Bolivia (1945–), Venezuela (1945–), Guatemala (1945–), Norway (1945–), Honduras (1945–), Uruguay (1945–), Ecuador (1945–), Iraq (1945–), Belgium (1945–), Philippines (1946–), Afghanistan (1946–), Iceland (1946–), Sweden (1946–), Thailand (1946–), Pakistan (1947–), Myanmar (1948–), Israel (1949–), Indonesia (1950–1965), Spain (1955–), Finland (1955–), Libya (1955–), Jordan (1955–), Ireland (1955–), Italy (1955–), Hungary (1955–), Austria (1955–), Sri Lanka (1955–), Portugal (1955–), Nepal (1955–), Laos (1955–), Cambodia (1955–), Romania (1955–), Bulgaria (1955–), Albania (1955–), Morocco (1956–), Tunisia (1956–), Sudan (1956–), Japan (1956–), Ghana (1957–), Guinea (1958–), Niger (1960–), Central African Republic (1960–), Democratic Republic of the Congo (1960–), Burkina Faso (1960–), Republic of the Congo (1960–), Ivory Coast (1960–), Cameroon (1960–), Madagascar (1960–), Chad (1960–), Togo (1960–), Gabon (1960–), Somalia (1960–), Cyprus (1960–), Senegal (1960–), Mali (1960–), Nigeria (1960–), South Africa (1961–), Sierra Leone (1961–), Mauritania (1961–), Mongolia (1961–), Rwanda (1962–), Trinidad and Tobago (1962–), Jamaica (1962–), Algeria (1962–), Uganda (1962–), Kuwait (1963–), Malaysia (1963–), Kenya (1963–), Tanzania (1964–), Malta (1964–), Malawi (1964–), Zambia (1964–), Maldives (1965–), Singapore (1965–), The Gambia (1965–), Indonesia (1966–), Botswana (1966–), Lesotho (1966–), Burundi (1966–), Barbados (1966–), Mauritius (1968–), Eswatini (1968–), Equatorial Guinea (1968–), Guyana (1970–), Fiji (1970–), Egypt (1971–), Bhutan (1971–), Qatar (1971–), Bahrain (1971–), Oman (1971–), People's Republic of China (1971–), United Arab Emirates (1971–), Germany (1973–), East Germany (1973–1990), The Bahamas (1973–), Bangladesh (1974–), Grenada (1974–), Guinea-Bissau (1974–), Mozambique (1975–), São Tomé and Príncipe (1975–), Cape Verde (1975–), Papua New Guinea (1975–), Comoros (1975–), Suriname (1975–), Seychelles (1976–), Angola (1976–), Samoa (1976–), Djibouti (1977–), Vietnam (1977–), Solomon Islands (1978–), Dominica (1978–), Saint Lucia (1979–), Zimbabwe (1980–), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1980–), Vanuatu (1981–), Belize (1981–), Antigua and Barbuda (1981–), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983–), Brunei (1984–), Benin (1990–), Namibia (1990–), Yemen (1990–), Liechtenstein (1990–), Belarus (1991–), North Korea (1991–), Marshall Islands (1991–), Lithuania (1991–), Federated States of Micronesia (1991–), South Korea (1991–), Estonia (1991–), Latvia (1991–), Ukraine (1991–), Azerbaijan (1991–), Russia (1991–), San Marino (1992–), Uzbekistan (1992–), Tajikistan (1992–), Turkmenistan (1992–), Kyrgyzstan (1992–), Kazakhstan (1992–), Armenia (1992–), Moldova (1992–), Slovenia (1992–), Croatia (1992–), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–), Georgia (1992–), Slovakia (1993–), Czech Republic (1993–), North Macedonia (1993–), Monaco (1993–), Eritrea (1993–), Andorra (1993–), Palau (1994–), Kiribati (1999–), Tonga (1999–), Nauru (1999–), Tuvalu (2000–), Serbia (2000–), Switzerland (2002–), Timor-Leste (2002–), Montenegro (2006–), South Sudan (2011–)
- Successor of League of Nations (1945–)
