Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The UN's member states

This blue background and yellow stars flag is the European Union's flag.The EU was established on 1 November 1993.Before that it had another name:European Economic Community.In 1957, only six countries created the European Economic Community,there are France,Germany,Italy,Belguim,Neatherl and Luxembourg.

Now the European Union is composed of 27 soverign member states:Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Cyprus, the Czech Republic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungray,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,the Netherlands,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,and the United Kingdom.
Yeah,the UK is a member of the UN.At first,the UK wanted to join the UN,for some reasons,it was refuse.The UK joined in 1973,but it still use their own money----the Great Britian Pound,not Euro.

In the above countries,Romania and Bulgaria were the newest members in the EU,they joined on 1 January 2007.

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