September 21 – Joining the U.N. Day

nPostednon September 21, 2015

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nInthought it was interesting that eight different nations were admittednto the United Nations on a September 21…but in different years!

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nOnn this date in 1965, Gambia, Maldives, and Singapore were admitted.

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nOnn this date in 1971, Bahrain, Bhutan, and Qatar were admitted.

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nOnn this date in 1976, Seychelles was admitted.

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nAndn on this date in 1984, Brunei was admitted.

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nWhynare 8 out of the 192 Member States of the U.N. admitted on Septembern21?

n(If you think about it, more than 4% of the Member States joined on justn0.27% of the possible days.) n

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nIncouldn’t discover the answer to that question, but there are manynother admission dates for the various nations, as you can see on the United Nations’ official list. I did notice that the variousndates aren’t evenly spread out over the entire year. Most of thenmember states, it seems, have been admitted into the U.N. during thenmonths of September, October, November, or December – over thencourse of 70 years.

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nWhichnnation is which?

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nTheneight nations celebrating their U.N.-iversary today include Africannand Asian nations. Can you figure out which is the correct answer toneach item below?

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nLOCATION

nWhichn of the nations’ locations is marked with a red dot?

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n2. Whichn of the nations is located within the orange square?

n3. Whichn of the nations is located within the green circle?

n4. Whichn of the nations is located in the Middle East, marked on this map inn red?

n5. Whichn of the nations is located within the orange dotted shape?

n6. Whichn of the nations is located within the pink circle?

n7. Whichn of the nations is colored green on this map?

n8. Whichn of the nations is this island group located in the Persian Gulf?
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nDESCRIPTION

n17.nAn island city-state and global financial center

n18.nA nation made up of 30 islands in the Persian Gulf – a perfectnlocation to be a major trade center

n19.nA nation located on a peninsula that sticks out into the PersiannGulf; it enjoys a high standard of living because of its petroleumnreserves

n20.nAn island nation found in the Indian Ocean, made up of hundreds ofnislets and coral atolls

n21.nA group of more than 100 islands off the coast of East Africa

n22.nA Buddhist kingdom perched high in the Himalaya mountains

n23.nA tiny Southeast Asian country famous for beaches and rainforest

n24.nA small nation in Africa that is essentially the two banks of thenriver for which it is named

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ANSWERS:

n1.Singaporen – 2. Brunei – 3. Gambia – 4. Qatar – 5. Seychelles – 6. Maldives – 7.n Bhutan – 8. Bahrain –
9. Bahrain – 10. Bhutan – 11. Qatar –n 12. Brunei – 13. Singapore – 14. Gambia – 15. Maldives –
16.n Seychelles – 17. Singapore – 18. Bahrain – 19. Qatar – 20.n Maldives – 21. Seychelles – 22. Bhutan –
23. Brunei – 24. Gambian – 25. Seychelles – 26. Gambia – 27. Maldives – 28. Bhutan –n 29. Qatar – 30. Brunei – 31. Bahrain – 32. Singapore

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nAlsonon this date:

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