05-16-2008, 02:12 PM
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Re: World Population
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Originally Posted by inflames07
Only a handful of countries are in the United Nations. The UN only allows a certain number of countries to join. Also only a smaller amount of countries are permanently in the UN, I believe 5 or so are voted in every couple of years to be apart of the UN for a limited time.
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You're thinking of the UN Security Council. The nations in it change periodically, but there are five permanent members (which I think are the same ones with veto powers?). I know USA and Russia are two, but I can't think of the other three. China possibly, then France and Great Britain?
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