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There are 192 countries that make up the United Nations. The organization was founded in 1945, and is headquartered in New York.
Many people around the world were disgusted with the South African practice of apartheid. They used economic sanctions to get South Africa to change its policies.
English was an official language in 87 nations and territories by 1994. It is still the language of commerce in many nations of the world.
When Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers, many people were upset, others liked it.
Russia, Canada's the 2nd largest country in the world by land size.
Original Answer: Because they are decades away. Improved: The United Nations are not a country. They couldn't have "joined" the League of Nations. The League of Nations was the predecessor of the United Nations - the League of Nations failed, and so, many years later in 1942 (I believe it was that year) they founded the United Nations as an improved "League of Nations."
The UN has 192 member states, The United States was a founding member and joined in 1945.
The United Nations did not exist until after WWII.
The Atlantic Charter was the first step in the formation of the United Nations. Many of the ideas and concepts of the Atlantic Charter were used as a basis for the United Nations including the idea of peace and unity. After this was issued, more nations began to join in on the idea and to become a part of it. Eventually these concepts were used along with other nations that joined together to make the United Nations.
In 1949, no new countries joined the United Nations; however, the UN General Assembly did admit several nations in the years following its founding in 1945. Notably, the countries that joined in 1949 were not part of the UN until they were admitted later on. The most significant membership changes occurred in the years immediately following World War II, with many nations gaining independence and seeking UN membership thereafter.
There are 195 recognized countries in the world by the United Nations.
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Currently there are 194 nations on earth, and this includes 2 that are not members of the United Nations: Taiwan, and Vatican City. World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007
There are 197 sovereign countries in the world.
Because the united nations have many countries in it, the united nations is a organization that concludes many nations, while, the states is only one of them.
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As of 2008, there were 192 nations which were represented in the United Nations.