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When did Afghanistan join the United Nations?

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Direct answer

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.

Sources and records

Check the underlying information.

  1. United Nations member states: Afghanistan ↗
  2. United Nations in Afghanistan ↗
  3. United Nations international days and weeks ↗
  4. ReliefWeb: Afghanistan ↗

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