50 Years Germany in the United Nations
Germany’s accession to the United Nations came 28 years after the organisation was founded. German foreign policy must never limit itself to the protection of German interests.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock
Fifty years ago, on 18 September 1973, by New York’s East River, two German states joined the United Nations. This event was the result of a brief General Assembly resolution – however, it was anything but routine business in the world of diplomacy.
Almost three decades after the end of the Second World War that Germany had begun, and the genocide of Europe’s Jews that had brought immeasurable suffering to millions of people, this day marked a return of the “defeated enemy nation” to the international community. We remain grateful for this return today – and we see it as an obligation.