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 – #201

#200 – #181

#180 – #151

#150 – #121

#120 – #91

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#90. Munis Khodzhaev (Tajikistan)

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#89. Serge Ibaka (Republic of the Congo)

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#88. Saïd Taghmaoui (Morocco)

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#87. Tongayi Chirisa (Zimbabwe)

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#86. Maurice Kirya (Uganda)

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#85. Tommy Fury (Mauritius)

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#84. David Agbodji (Togo)

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#83. Ismail Drammeh (Gambia)

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#82. Adonis Bosso (Cote d’Ivoire)

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#81. Hamid Onifadé (Benin)

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#80. Blossom Chukwujekwu (Nigeria)

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#79. Idris Elba (Sierra Leone)

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#78. Matias Assler (Chile)

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#77. Oduro Kemit (Ghana)

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#76. Sacha M’Baye (Senegal)

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#75. Franco Noriega (Peru)

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#74. Georginio Wijnaldum (Suriname)

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#73. Jeffery Kissubi (Seychelles)

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#72. Dicaprio Groubel (Madagascar)

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#71. Petar Benčina (Serbia)

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#70. Cameron Dallas (Scotland)

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#69. Johann Urb (Estonia)

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#68. Janis Ancens (Latvia)

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#67. Mantas Armalis (Lithuania)

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#66. Rurik Gislason (Iceland)

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#65. Greg Mansell (Isle of Man)

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#64. Szymon Chrobok (Poland)

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#63. Mitch Morgan (Wales)

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#62. Radoslav Vanko (Slovakia)

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#61. Rumen Radev (Bulgaria)

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