United Nations Member States

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• List of UN members
• Growth in the UN membership
• Membership of principal UN organs in 2009

Permanent missions:

• New York
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• Geneva
• Vienna

Permanent observers:

• Non-member state maintaining Permanent observer mission at UN Headquarters
• Entity maintaining Permanent Observer Mission at UN Headquarters
• Intergovernmental organizations maintaining Permanent offices at UN Headquarters
• Intergovernmental organizations not maintaining Permanent offices at UN Headquarters
• Other entities not maintaining Permanent offices at UN Headquarters

Other:

• Specialized agencies and related organizations maintaining liaison offices at UN Headquarters

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"Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.

The admission of any such state to membership in the United Nations will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council."

Useful tools and documents

Country information

• Cartographic information
• InfoNation
• Country at a Glance
• National Holidays of Member States

Information for delegations and media

• UN Journal
• 63rd session of the General Assembly
• Security Council membership database
• Media Accreditation
• UN Protocol and Liaison Service
• Brochure: Finding UN press releases and documents on the Web

Documentation and other resources

• Documentation Centre
• Dag Hammarskjöld Library
• Publications and Databases

Press releases concerning the total number of UN Member States

• United Nations Member States (3 July 2006)
• General Assembly approves admission of Montenegro to United Nations, increasing number of Member States to 192 (28 June 2006)

Related information

• Structure of the United Nations
• Chart of the United Nations System
• Official languages: Under the Charter, the official languages of the United Nations are Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Arabic was later added as an official language of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council.