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Description	English: An animation showing the accession of United Nations member states from the organization's founding in 1945 to the present, along with changes in the world's political borders
Date	2 August 2008
Source	Base image: Image:BlankMap-World-v7.png (Public domain) by Vardion UN member join dates: http://www.un.org/members/growth.shtml Changes in country borders: wikipedia:List of national border changes since World War I
Author	Joowwww

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