Read the following passage and answer if the question is true or false.
Passage: Both Egypt and Syria joined the UN as original members on 24 October 1945. Following a plebiscite on 21 February 1958, the United Arab Republic was established by a union of Egypt and Syria and continued as a single member. On 13 October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent state, resumed its separate membership in the UN. Egypt continued as a UN member under the name of the United Arab Republic, until it reverted to its original name on 2 September 1971. Syria changed its name to the Syrian Arab Republic on 14 September 1971.

Question: is syria a member of the united nations?

Is the answer True or False? Respond with only "True" or "False" and no additional text.
True, but with the caveat that there were different periods of Syria's membership in the UN.