Norway was a founding member of the United Nations, like 50 others, and thus entered in 1945 when it was set-up. The first Secretary General was a Norwegian.
16 nations competed: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Sweden, United States, and Yugoslavia.
No year. Did you mean Normandie, perhaps?
International Year of Deserts and Desertification
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A Christmas Tree
The Dominican Republic is a member country of the United Nations. The United Nations was established in October of 1945, and the Dominican Republic was one of the original members that joined that year.
International Year of Sanitation