# Latvia joins the United Nations (17 September 1991)

URL: https://allhistories.com/latvia/timeline/1991-latvia-joins-the-united-nations
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Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania were admitted to the United Nations. Latvia also joined the CSCE (later OSCE). Embassies of many countries opened in Riga in the following months.

## Why it matters
UN membership confirmed Latvia's return to the international community.

Ruler at the Time: [Anatolijs Gorbunovs](https://allhistories.com/latvia/rulers/anatolijs-gorbunovs)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Ivars Godmanis (Popular Front)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Foreign relations of Latvia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Latvia)
- [Wikipedia — United Nations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations)
- [Wikipedia — Singing Revolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_Revolution)
- [Wikipedia — History of Latvia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Latvia)