STATISTICS

Technical notes (continued)Source of the data: The LABORSTA Internet ILO database, Short term indicators,Unemployment rate by sex, available at http://www.ilo.org/ilostat/faces/home/statisticaldata/data_by_subject?_adf.ctrl-state=hhcnozbjq_110&_afrLoop=1400953161591832 (last accessed 23 April 2014).United Nations membership dates: The United Nations is an intergovernmentalorganization whose members are the countries of the world. Currently there are 192Member States of the United Nations, some of which joined the UN by signing andratifying the Charter of the United Nations in 1945; the other countries joined theUN later, through the adoption of a resolution admitting them to membership. Theprocess usually follows these steps: first, the country applies for membership andmakes a declaration accepting the obligations of the Charter; second, the SecurityCouncil adopts a resolution recommending that the General Assembly admit thecountry to membership and finally the General Assembly adopts a resolutionadmitting the country.Source of the data: The List of Member States, available athttp://www.un.org/en/members/ (accessed 4 November 2013).Urban population is based on the number of persons defined as urban according tonational definitions of this concept. In most cases these definitions are those usedin the most recent population census.Source of the data: United Nations Population Division, World UrbanizationProspects: The 2011 Revision, CD-ROM Edition, File 21, available athttp://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/CD-ROM/Urban-Rural-Population.htm.Urban population growth rate is based on the number of persons defined as urbanaccording to national definitions of this concept. In most cases these definitions arethose used in the most recent population census.Source of the data: United Nations Population Division, World UrbanizationProspects: The 2011 Revision, File 6, available at http://esa.un.org/unpd/wup/CD-ROM/Urban-Rural-Population.htm (last accessed 8 November 2013).World Statistics Pocketbook 235