United Nations Marshall Islands

The Security Council on Friday endorsed the applications for U.N. membership of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

In a striking sign of the Cold War's end, seven nations, including the three Baltic states and the two divided Koreas, joined the United Nations on Tuesday. All had been barred admission previously by the U.S.-Soviet competition. The new president of the U.N. General Assembly, Saudi Ambassador Samir S. Shihabi, declared the new members admitted by acclamation after last week's approval by the Security Council.

In a striking sign of the Cold War's end, seven nations, including the three Baltic states and the two divided Koreas, joined the United Nations on Tuesday. All had been barred admission previously by the U.S.-Soviet competition. The new president of the U.N. General Assembly, Saudi Ambassador Samir S. Shihabi, declared the new members admitted by acclamation after last week's approval by the Security Council.

The Security Council on Friday endorsed the applications for U.N. membership of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.