1973 Admission of the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany to the UN
45 years ago, on September 18, 1973, two German states, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, were admitted to the UN. This was preceded by treaties between the FRG and Poland and Czechoslovakia, in which the West German government recognized the post-war borders with these countries; an agreement between the four victorious powers on the status of West Berlin and an agreement on the foundations of relations between the GDR and the FRG.