The United Nations began operations on October 24, 1945. Headquartered on international territory in New York City, New York, United States, the intergovernmental organization currently has 193 member states.

Aside from the member states, the UN also has two observer states namely the Holy See and the State of Palestine. The organization also recognizes 17 territories as non-self governing territories (NSGT) namely America Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, Gibraltar, Guam, Montserrat, New Caledonia; Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; Tokelau; Turks and Caicos Islands; Western Sahara and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

António Guterres, 72, is the incumbent and ninth UN secretary-general. He assumed office on January 1, 2017.

Excluding the Earth’s southernmost continent Antarctica, the countries and territories in the world are grouped into six continents namely Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Here is the 2021 list of the world’s 231 most handsome living men:

#231. Moussa Maâzou (Niger)

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#230. Tolga Akcayli (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

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#229. Albert Laliev (South Ossetia)

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#228. Nelson Gutiérrez Cuellar (Bolivia)

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#227. Lyle Taylor (Montserrat)

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#226. Michael Czerny (Vatican City)

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#225. Matt Cross (San Marino)

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#224. Tamatoa Jayden Warren-Peu (Pitcairn Islands)

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#223. Mikey Hiram (Nauru)

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#222. Sunjoon Tenorio (Northern Mariana Islands)

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#221. Bertrand Kaï (New Caledonia)

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#220. Taofia Pelesasa (Tokelau)

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#219. Jalkennen Joseph (Federal States of Micronesia)

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#218. Dallas Jaye (Guam)

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#217. Anote Tong (Kiribati)

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#216. Nash Magri (Norfolk Island)

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#215. Sanele Finau (Wallis and Futuna)

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#214. Pero Antic (North Macedonia)

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#213. Ros Sophearith (Cambodia)

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#212. Hemal Ranasinghe (Sri Lanka)

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#211. Martin Bell (Akrotiri and Dhekelia)

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#210. Bobby Ida (Indonesia)

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#209. Luis Munana (Namibia)

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#208. Amadou Haidara (Mali)

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#207. Jim Allevinah (Gabon)

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#206. Luís Leal (Sao Tome and Principe)

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#205. Habib Habibou (Central African Republic)

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#204. Muse Bihi Abdi (Somaliland)

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#203. Mahjoub Mleiha (Western Sahara)

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#202. Roberto Lennie (Falkland Islands)

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#201. Mehdy Metella (French Guiana)

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#200 – #181

#180 – #151

#150 – #121

#120 – #91

#90 – #61

#60 – #31

#30 – #1