What Were The Original United Nations Member Countries?

 

In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco to draw up the United Nations Charter. The Organization officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, with a core group of countries signing up to it straight away.

 

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The number of member countries has changed since the beginnings of the UN, with more countries joining, and some older ones leaving as they have been broken up to form newer countries. To see the current membership visit our UN Member Countries page

 

This list shows all the original member countries.

 

 

Country or State Date of Joining the United Nations
Argentina 24 Oct. 1945
Australia 01 Nov. 1945
Austria 14 Dec. 1955
Belgium 27 Dec. 1945
Bolivia 14 Nov. 1945
Brazil 24 Oct. 1945
Belarus (formerly Byelorussia) 24 Oct. 1945
Canada 09 Nov. 1945
Chile 24 Oct. 1945
China 24 Oct. 1945
Colombia 05 Nov. 1945
Cuba 24 Oct. 1945
Czech Republic (note 2) 19 Jan. 1993
Denmark 24 Oct. 1945
Dominican Republic 24 Oct. 1945
Ecuador 21 Dec. 1945
Egypt (note 4) 24 Oct. 1945
El Salvador 24 Oct. 1945
Ethiopia 13 Nov. 1945
France 24 Oct. 1945
Greece 25 Oct. 1945
Guatemala 21 Nov. 1945
Haiti 24 Oct. 1945
Honduras 17 Dec. 1945
India 30 Oct. 1945
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24 Oct. 1945
Iraq 21 Dec. 1945
Lebanon 24 Oct. 1945
Liberia 02 Nov. 1945
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 14 Dec. 1955
Luxembourg 24 Oct. 1945
Mexico 07 Nov. 1945
Netherlands 10 Dec. 1945
New Zealand 24 Oct. 1945
Nicaragua 24 Oct. 1945
Norway 27 Nov. 1945
Panama 13 Nov. 1945
Paraguay 24 Oct. 1945
Peru 31 Oct. 1945
Philippines 24 Oct. 1945
Poland 24 Oct. 1945
Portugal 14 Dec. 1955
Russian Federation 24 Oct. 1945
Saudi Arabia 24 Oct. 1945
South Africa 07 Nov. 1945
Syrian Arab Republic 24 Oct. 1945
Turkey 24 Oct. 1945
Ukraine 24 Oct. 1945
United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland 24 Oct. 1945
United States of America 24 Oct. 1945
Uruguay 18 Dec. 1945
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15 Nov. 1945

 

Source: UN Press Release ORG/1360/Rev.1 (10 February 2004)

 

 

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