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Actually, they're ambassadors from all the UN member states, plus the many, many interpreters. Since every nation can join (and almost all have, although UsefulNotes/{{Switzerland}} didn't join until 2002!) that means every nation can stand up in front of the world and air their grievances.
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Actually, they're ambassadors from all the UN member states, plus the many, many interpreters. Since every nation can join (and almost all have, although UsefulNotes/{{Switzerland}} didn't join until 2002!) that means every nation can stand up in front of the world and air their grievances.
grievances. As of 2023, the only undisputedly sovereign state which is not a member of the UN is UsefulNotes/VaticanCity, which (1) is sufficiently small and weird as to be overlooked and (2) has observer status (as the Holy See) and thus gets its opinion into world debates well enough anyway (even when you set aside the fact that many Catholic countries with full membership back its position).
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* The main characters of ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined'' are all employed by the UN. Presumably the UN has taken over as the government thanks to the whole "[[JustBeforeTheEnd humanity dying out]]" thing.
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* The main characters of ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined'' ''Literature/HumanityHasDeclined'' are all employed by the UN. Presumably the UN has taken over as the government thanks to the whole "[[JustBeforeTheEnd humanity dying out]]" thing.
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* In ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'', the United Nations serve as the government of a unified Earth, with the armed forces of the member nations serving as it's military arm. This setup serves nicely to explain why the crew of a starship and embarked fighter squadron fighting an interstellar war on behalf of Earth are all American, though we do see forces from other nations from time to time.
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* In ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'', the United Nations serve as the government of a unified Earth, with the armed forces of the member nations serving as it's its military arm. This setup serves nicely to explain why the crew of a starship and embarked fighter squadron fighting an interstellar war on behalf of Earth are all American, though we do see forces from other nations from time to time.
