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1962

10.25.1962

Uganda joins the United Nations.

1963

5.14.1963

Kuwait joins the United Nations.

1964

12.1.1964

Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations.

1965

9.21.1965

Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.

9.22.1965

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (also known as the Second Kashmir War) between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ends after the UN calls for a cease-fire.

11.9.1965

Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.

1966

10.17.1966

Botswana and Lesotho join the United Nations.

12.9.1966

Barbados joins the United Nations.

1968

4.24.1968

Mauritius becomes a member state of the United Nations.

9.24.1968

Swaziland joins the United Nations.

11.12.1968

Equatorial Guinea joins the United Nations.

1970

10.13.1970

Fiji joins the United Nations.

1971

2.26.1971

U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.

7.20.1971

The Soviet Union says it will support the People's Republic of China's admission to the United Nations

9.21.1971

Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.

10.25.1971

The United Nations seated the People's Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China (see political status of Taiwan and China and the United Nations)

11.23.1971

Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.

12.9.1971

The United Arab Emirates join the United Nations.

1973

10.23.1973

A United Nations sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur War between Israel and Syria.

1974

9.17.1974

Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.

1975

9.16.1975

The Cape Verde Islands, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe join the United Nations.

10.10.1975

Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.

11.10.1975

United Nations Resolution 3379: United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the resolution is repealed in December 1991 by Resolution 4686).

11.12.1975

The Comoros joins the United Nations.

12.4.1975

Suriname joins the United Nations.

1976

12.1.1976

Angola joins the United Nations.

12.15.1976

Samoa becomes a member of the United Nations.

1977

9.20.1977

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.

12.20.1977

Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations.

1978

9.19.1978

The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.

12.18.1978

Dominica joins the United Nations.

1980

8.25.1980

Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.

9.16.1980

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.

1981

9.15.1981

Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.

11.11.1981

Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations.

1982

1.1.1982

Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary General of the United Nations.

1983

9.23.1983

Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.

1984

9.21.1984

Brunei joins the United Nations.

1987

7.11.1987

According to the United Nations, the world population crosses the 5,000,000,000 (5 billion) mark.

1988

4.14.1988

In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.

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