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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 December 2024. For the League of Nations, see Member states of the League of Nations. 193 United Nations member states 2 UN General Assembly observer states (the Holy See [a] and the State of Palestine) 2 eligible non-member states (the Cook Islands and Niue) 17 non-self-governing territories ...
On 10 September 2002, Switzerland became a full member of the United Nations, after a referendum supporting full membership won in a close vote six months earlier; Swiss voters had rejected membership by a 3-to-1 margin in 1986. The 2002 vote made Switzerland the first and only country to join based on a popular vote. [3]
Switzerland held observer status in several United Nations (UN) organs since 1948, but did not join the UN over neutrality concerns [2] and was a full member only of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. [2] In March 2002, the people of Switzerland voted to join the UN, and Switzerland became a member in September of that year. [3]
As of 21 December 2024, 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 ...
Map showing the members of the United Nations Security Council as of 2024, with permanent members (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) in blue, and non-permanent members (Algeria, Ecuador, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Switzerland) in green.
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization with the intended purpose of maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and countries, achieving international cooperation, and serving as a center for coordinating the actions of member states. [3]
It vetoed a draft resolution that recommended to the 193-member U.N. General Assembly that "the State of Palestine be admitted to membership" of the U.N. Britain and Switzerland abstained, while ...
Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations: 81. Iraq: Abbas Kadhim Obaid Al-Fatlawi: chargé d'affaires ad interim: Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations: 82. Ireland: Fergal Tomas Mythen: 26 August 2022: 83. Israel: Danny Danon: 19 August 2024: Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations: 84. Italy ...