Question

How many countries at present are the members of the UNO?
A. 185
B. 186
C. 187
D. 193

Answer 1

Hint:
 UNO or United Nations Organization was founded after the second world war by 51 countries committed to maintaining peace and security.

Complete answer:
Currently there are 193 members in the United Nations Organization. The UNO was founded on 25th April 1945 after the Second World War. The main aim of the international organization was to maintain international peace, security, develop friendly relations among all the nations, be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations and achieve international cooperations. UNO is the largest, most familiar and most powerful intergovernmental organization in the world. Its headquarters is in New York City.
On 14th July 2011, South Sudan was added to the Member States of the United Nations making a total of 193 member states including all undisputed independent states. The membership rules of the UN Charter are as follows :
- UN Membership is open to all peaceful states which accept the obligations contained in the Charter and who are willing to carry out these obligations.
- Admission of any state in the UNO will take place by a decision of the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Security Council.
Upon the approval of the Security Council, the UN sends peacekeepers to regions of conflicts to enforce the terms of peace agreements and to discourage combatants from resuming hostilities. In addition, the UN also actively encourages disarmament involving arms-limitation treaties such as Outer Space Treaty, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Biological Weapon Convention, Ottawa Treaty etc.

Hence, the correct answer is option D.

Note:
The Vatican City and the State of Palestine are non-member observer states of the United Nations General Assembly.