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Polity Timeline

1900-01-01:

INTERNATIONAL Organizations

(Bern + Geneva + Paris)

-   INTERNATIONAL

1918-01-08:

General Association of NATIONS

(Washington-District of Columbia)

-   NATIONS

1919-01-25:

LEAGUE OF NATIONS Covenant

(London)

-   LEAGUE OF NATIONS

1920-01-10:

LEAGUE OF NATIONS Covenant

(Geneva)

-   LEAGUE OF NATIONS

1930-01-01:

LEAGUE OF NATIONS Covenant

(Geneva)

-   LEAGUE OF NATIONS

1939-03-15:

LEAGUE OF NATIONS Covenant

(Geneva)

-   LEAGUE OF NATIONS

1939-12-11:

LEAGUE OF NATIONS Covenant

(Geneva)

-   LEAGUE OF NATIONS

1945-04-01:

International Committee of WORLD PEACE CAPITAL

(Navy Island)

-   WORLD PEACE CAPITAL

1946-12-07:

UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS in New York

(New York)

-   UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

1965-11-22:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-   UNDP

1965-11-22:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-   UNDP

1965-11-22:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-    UN          (UN)

1966-01-01:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-    Paul Gray Hoffman (us)          (Paul Gray Hoffman (us))

1972-01-02:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-    Rudolph Arvid Peterson (us)          (Rudolph Arvid Peterson (us))

1976-01-02:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-    Frank Bradford Morse (us)          (Frank Bradford Morse (us))

1986-01-02:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-    William Henry Draper III (us)          (William Henry Draper III (us))

1993-01-02:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-    James Gustave Speth (us)          (James Gustave Speth (us))

1996-07-01:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-    Baron Mark Malloch-Brown (uk)          (Baron Mark Malloch-Brown (uk))

2005-08-15:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-    Kemal Dervis (tr)          (Kemal Dervis (tr))

2009-03-01:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-    Ad Melkert (nl)          (Ad Melkert (nl))

2009-04-20:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-    Helen Clark (nz)          (Helen Elizabeth Clark (nz))

2017-04-20:

United Nations Development Programme : UNDP Specialized Agency

(New York)

-    Achim Steiner (de)          (Achim Steiner (de))

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