When did Afghanistan join the United Nations?
Afghanistan became a United Nations member on 19 November 1946. It joined as the Kingdom of Afghanistan and was among the UN’s earliest additional members.
What the figure or term means
The date is separate from UN Day on 24 October.
Today multiple UN agencies, funds, programs, and a political mission operate in or on Afghanistan.
Membership is a stable historical fact; current UN operations change over time.
Use the source publication date when connecting an observance or historical event to a current statistic or appeal.
How to use this information responsibly
Events and observances help readers connect Afghanistan’s present humanitarian conditions with seasons, public dates, education, health, displacement, culture, and recent shocks.
Lunar-calendar dates can vary, historical events have multiple perspectives, and early disaster figures are revised. This library states dates carefully and links to primary or institutional records.
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