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Russian Federation. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was an original Member of the United Nations from 24 October 1945. In a letter dated 24 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin, the President of ...
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was among the first countries that signed the United Nations Charter, becoming a founding member of the United Nations among 51 countries. Until 1958, the permanent mission of Byelorussia was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs rather than the permanent representative.
5. The United Nations in Armenia works with the Government of Armenia to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) which is integrated across the different outcomes of the 2021-2025 UNSDCF for Armenia and is reflected as a stand-alone outcome. In addition, the extended Gender Theme Group (eGTG) was established under the ...
Protests continue to sweep across Belarus. By the end of 2020, more than 30,000 people had been arrested, a staggering figure that one human rights organization rightly referred to as unprecedented repression in the country’s history. More than five months after President Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in a fraudulent election, his opponents have not given up.
The Council consists of 64 members, and the representation is based geographically, with each oblast (six) and the city of Minsk (the national capital) represented by eight members, and an additional eight members are appointed to the Council via presidential quota.
15 March 1994 – Belarus' new Constitution was adopted by the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus, with presidency introduced. 1994 – The first presidential election in the independent republic was held. Aleksandr Lukashenko became the first President of the Republic of Belarus. The head of state was inaugurated on 20 June 1994.
On 19 September 1991, Byelorussia informed the United Nations that it had changed its name to Belarus. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new Members of Bosnia and ...
