Formal names of UN member states - clearing up some misconceptions

[indigen]

http://www.un.org/en/members/index.shtml

* Congo
* 20-09-1960

https://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo *
* 20-09-1960

https://www.un.int/drcongo/

*Zaire joined the United Nations on 20 September 1960.
On 17 May 1997, its name was changed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


* Dominica
* 18-12-1978

https://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/dominica/

* Dominican Republic
* 24-10-1945


* Germany*
* 18-09-1973

*The Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic were admitted to membership in the United Nations on 18 September 1973.
Through the accession of the German Democratic Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany, effective from 3 October 1990, the two German States united to form one sovereign State.


# Equatoral Guinea
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* Guinea
* 12-12-1958

* Guinea Bissau
* 17-09-1974


* Niger
* 20-09-1960

https://www.un.int/niger/

* Nigeria
* 07-10-1960

https://www.un.int/nigeria/

DESPITE MISCONCEPTIONS, THERE IS NO SUCH ENTITIES AS "SOUTH KOREA" OR "NORTH KOREA" (and there never was an East or West Germany, too!), as you can verify below!

* Republic of Korea
* 17-09-1991

https://www.un.int/korea/index.asp

* Democratic People's Republic of Korea
* 17-09-1991

https://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/dprkorea

Switzerland is a good example to demonstrate that a state/country does not need to be a member of the UN in order to exist, function and prosper!!!

* Switzerland
* 10-09-2002
www.eda.admin.ch/missny

* Yemen*
* 30-09-1947

https://www.un.int/wcm/content/site/yemen

*Yemen was admitted to membership in the United Nations on 30 September 1947 and
Democratic Yemen on 14 December 1967.
On 22 May 1990, the two countries merged and have since been represented as one
Member with the name "Yemen".

[Bratot]

Very informative, thank you!

[King Makedon]

I think this posts if i understood it right, is trying to deilusionate us towards our goal.

Our goal is not to be called 'whatever' of macedonia, but Republic of macedonia.

Of course it is true that people of south korea are aswell koreans as the people of north korea.

But we say south korean people and north korean people in our common use of our language or in any other language.

In this case if we would accept such a proposal we would be called
'whatever' macedonians.

I think it's not what we are fighting for.

[Rogi]

Myanmar, which is not listed above, is a more interesting one.

In the United Nations the country is recognised and referred to as "Myanmar". Despite that however, countries like Australia refer to this country as "Burma".

A very interesting case, and particularly relevant in exposing the double standard in Australian foreign policy, when you look at the usual response from the Australian Government that they are simply following the UN directive in relation to Macedonia's name and their use of "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".