Two countries joined the United Nations in September 1947 - Yemen and which other, one month after its creation?
Pakistan and the United Nations Pakistan and the United Nations Pakistan officially joined the United Nations (UN) on 30 September 1947 just over a month after its independence from the British Empire. Today, it is a charter member and participates in all of the UN's specialised agencies and organisations. Pakistan has been elected seven times (tied with Colombia and India) into the UN Security Council, with the most recent term in 2013. It is also one of the countries which has had a diplomat, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, serve a term as the President of the United Nations General Assembly. Pakistan maintains a permanent mission to
United Nations Yemen Observation Mission United Nations Yemen Observation Mission The UN Yemen Observation Mission (UNYOM) was established in 1963. North Yemen entered into a state of civil war in 1962. Yemen had joined Egypt in 1958, and then in 1962, separated again, sparking the conflict. To ensure that this conflict did not escalate into an international incident, the UN set up the UN Yemen Observation Mission. Around 1963, Saudi Arabia and Egypt joined in the civil war. The task of UNYOM was to monitor Saudi Arabia and Egypt in order to make sure they did not tilt the conflict one way or another and