Ukraine and the United Nations

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Ukraine

United Nations membership
Membership	Full member
Since	24 October 1945 (1945-10-24)
Former name(s)	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1945–1991)
UNSC seat	Non-permanent
Permanent Representative	Andriy Melnyk

Ukraine was one of the founding members of the United Nations when it joined in 1945 as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; along with the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukraine signed the United Nations Charter when it was part of the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the newly independent Ukraine retained its seat. On 27 February 2022, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2623 called for the eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the subject of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[1]