15th anniversary of Azerbaijan's UN membership

Constitutional Act on Azerbaijan's independence was adopted on October 18, 1991, 11 days later Azerbaijani Supreme Council officially appealed to the UN.

The 46th session of the UN General Assembly discussed the membership of post Soviet countries, as well as of Azerbaijan in December, 1991, but did not make final decision concerning it. The meeting of the UN General Assembly held on March 2 discussed the appeals and post Soviet countries - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, European state – San Marino became the members of the UN.

Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, as USSR founders and successors, were regarded as the members of this organization since 1945. Baltic States became the members of the UN on September 17, 1991.

Georgia was the last of the post Soviet republics to become the member of the UN.

After the collapse of Zviad Gamsakhurdia government legitimate bodies were not established, and Georgia became the UN member on July 31, 1992, APA reports.