United Nations Members
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
United Nations Members
| United Nations Members |
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| Country
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Year of Entry
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| Afghanistan
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1946
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| Albania
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1955
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| Algeria
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1962
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| Andorra
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1993
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| Angola
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1976
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| Antigua and Barbuda
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1981
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| Argentina
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1945
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| Armenia
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1992
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| Australia
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1945
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| Austria
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1955
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| Azerbaijan
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1992
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| Bahamas
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1973
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| Bahrain
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1971
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| Bangladesh
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1974
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| Barbados
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1966
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| Belarus
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1945
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| Belgium
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1945
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| Belize
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1981
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| Benin
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1960
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| Bhutan
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1971
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| Bolivia
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1945
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina
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1992
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| Botswana
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1966
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| Brazil
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1945
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| Brunei
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1984
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| Bulgaria
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1955
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| Burkina Faso
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1960
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| Burundi
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1962
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| Cambodia
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1955
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| Cameroon
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1960
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| Canada
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1945
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| Cape Verde
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1975
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| Central African Republic
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1960
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| Chad
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1960
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| Chile
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1945
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| China
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1945
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| Colombia
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1945
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| Comoros
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1975
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| Congo (Brazzaville)
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1960
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| Congo (Kinshasa)
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1960
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| Costa Rica
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1945
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| Côte d'Ivoire
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1960
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| Croatia
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1992
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| Cuba
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1945
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| Cyprus
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1960
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| Czech Republic
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1993
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| Denmark
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1945
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| Djibouti
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1977
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| Dominica
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1978
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| Dominican Republic
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1945
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| East Timor
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2002
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| Ecuador
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1945
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| Egypt
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1945
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| El Salvador
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1945
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| Equatorial Guinea
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1968
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| Eritrea
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1993
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| Estonia
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1991
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| Ethiopia
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1945
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| Fiji
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1970
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| Finland
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1955
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| France
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1945
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| Gabon
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1960
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| Gambia
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1965
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| Georgia
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1992
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| Germany
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1973
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| Ghana
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1957
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| Greece
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1945
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| Grenada
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1974
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| Guatemala
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1945
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| Guinea
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1958
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| Guinea-Bissau
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1974
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| Guyana
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1966
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| Haiti
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1945
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| Honduras
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1945
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| Hungary
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1955
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| Iceland
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1946
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| India
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1945
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| Indonesia
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1950
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| Iran
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1945
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| Iraq
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1945
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| Ireland
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1955
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| Israel
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1949
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| Italy
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1955
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| Jamaica
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1962
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| Japan
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1956
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| Jordan
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1955
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| Kazakhstan
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1992
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| Kenya
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1963
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| Kiribati
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1999
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| Korea, North
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1991
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| Korea, South
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1991
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| Kuwait
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1963
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| Kyrgyzstan
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1992
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| Laos
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1955
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| Latvia
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1991
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| Lebanon
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1945
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| Lesotho
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1966
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| Liberia
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1945
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| Libya
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1955
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| Liechtenstein
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1990
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| Lithuania
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1991
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| Luxembourg
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1945
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| Macedonia
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1993
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| Madagascar
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1960
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| Malawi
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1964
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| Malaysia
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1957
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| Maldives
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1965
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| Mali
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1960
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| Malta
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1964
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| Marshall Islands
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1991
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| Mauritania
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1961
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| Mauritius
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1968
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| Mexico
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1945
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| Micronesia
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1991
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| Moldova
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1992
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| Monaco
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1993
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| Mongolia
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1961
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| Montenegro
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2006
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| Morocco
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1956
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| Mozambique
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1975
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| Myanmar
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1948
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| Namibia
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1990
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| Nauru
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1999
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| Nepal
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1955
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| Netherlands
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1945
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| New Zealand
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1945
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| Nicaragua
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1945
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| Niger
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1960
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| Nigeria
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1960
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| Norway
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1945
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| Oman
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1971
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| Pakistan
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1947
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| Palau
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1994
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| Panama
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1945
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| Papua New Guinea
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1975
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| Paraguay
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1945
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| Peru
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1945
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| Philippines
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1945
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| Poland
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1945
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| Portugal
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1955
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| Qatar
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1971
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| Romania
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1955
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| Russia
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1945
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| Rwanda
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1962
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis
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1983
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| Saint Lucia
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1979
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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1980
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| Samoa
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1976
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| San Marino
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1992
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| São Tomé and Principe
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1975
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| Saudi Arabia
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1945
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| Senegal
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1960
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| Serbia
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2000
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| Seychelles
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1976
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| Sierra Leone
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1961
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| Singapore
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1965
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| Slovakia
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1993
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| Slovenia
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1992
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| Solomon Islands
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1978
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| Somalia
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1960
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| South Africa
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1945
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| Spain
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1955
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| Sri Lanka
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1955
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| Sudan
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1956
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| Suriname
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1975
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| Swaziland
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1968
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| Sweden
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1946
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| Switzerland
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2002
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| Syria
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1945
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| Tajikistan
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1992
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| Tanzania
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1961
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| Thailand
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1946
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| Togo
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1960
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| Tonga
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1999
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| Trinidad and Tobago
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1962
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| Tunisia
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1956
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| Turkey
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1945
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| Turkmenistan
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1992
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| Tuvalu
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2000
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| Uganda
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1962
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| Ukraine
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1945
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| United Arab Emirates
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1971
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| United Kingdom
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1945
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| United States
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1945
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| Uruguay
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1945
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| Uzbekistan
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1992
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| Vanuatu
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1981
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| Venezuela
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1945
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| Vietnam
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1977
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| Yemen
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1947
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| Zambia
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1964
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| Zimbabwe
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1980
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