Correct Option: D

East Timor (the world’s youngest country, formally joined the world body Friday after centuries of Portuguese rule and years of often brutal Indonesian occupation. An Australian-led international peacekeeping force, INTERFET, was sent (with Indonesian permission) until order was restored. The administration of East Timor was taken over by the UN through the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) in October 1999. The INTERFET deployment ended in February 2000 with the transfer of military command to the UN. East Timorese independence was formalised on May 20, 2002 with Xanana Gusmao sworn in as the country’s first President. East Timor became a member of the UN on September 27, 2002. Note : On 14 July 2011 – The General Assembly admitted the Republic of South Sudan as the 193rd member of the United Nations. Montenegro became the 192nd UN Member State on 28 June 2006, just weeks after it gained its independence from Serbia.