Basic Facts about the United Nations

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III.  DECOLONIZATION Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories that have achieved independence since the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples on 14 December 1960 AFRICA Algeria Angola Botswana Burundi Cape Verde Comoros Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Gambia Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Sierra Leone Swaziland Uganda United Republic of Tanzania1 Zambia Zimbabwe

8 October 1962 1 December 1976 17 October 1966 18 September 1962 16 September 1975 12 November 1975 20 September 1977 12 November 1968 21 September 1965 17 September 1974 16 December 1963 17 October 1966 1 December 1964 24 April 1968 16 September 1975 23 April 1990 18 September 1962 26 September 1975 21 September 1976 27 September 1961 24 September 1968 25 October 1962 14 December 1961 1 December 1964 18 April 1980

ASIA Brunei Darussalam Democratic Yemen Oman Singapore

21 September 1984 14 December 1967 7 October 1971 21 September 1965

CARIBBEAN Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

11 November 1981 18 September 1973 9 December 1966 25 September 1981 18 December 1978 17 December 1974 20 September 1966 18 September 1962 23 September 1983 18 September 1979 16 September 1980

Date of UN admission

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