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Member states of UNESCO

March 22, 2023

As of January 2020, UNESCO members include 193 member states and 11 associate members.[1] Some members have additional National Organizing Committees (NOCs) for some of their dependent territories.[2] The associate members are non-independent states.

  UNESCO member states
  UNESCO member state dependent territory with separate NOC
  UNESCO associates
  UNESCO observers

Three UNESCO member states are not UN member states: Cook Islands, Niue, and Palestine (Palestine is a non-member observer State of the United Nations General Assembly since 29 November 2012), while three UN member states (Israel, Liechtenstein, United States) are not UNESCO members. The United States and Israel were members, but left on 31 December 2018 asserting that the organization had an anti-Israel bias.[3]

Kosovo was approved for membership by UNESCO's executive board in 2015,[4] but the proposal did not receive the required 2/3 of votes in favour at the general conference.[5]

Member States

The 193 UNESCO member states, as of January 2019, with the date on which they became members, are:[6][7][1][2]

Currently   Liechtenstein is not a member of UNESCO, but they have an NOC under Switzerland's membership.[2]

Former members

Both Israel and the United States withdrew claiming that the organization had an anti-Israel bias.[3][11]

Associate members

The 12 associate members of UNESCO and the date on which they became associate members:[1]

Observers

There are 2 Permanent Observers and 10 intergovernmental organizations with Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO.[12]

Non-member States[13]
Entities[13]
Intergovernmental organizations[13]

In addition, there is a liaison office of the United Nations University at UNESCO.[14]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Some of the dependent territories of China, Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom are associate members of UNESCO.
  2. ^ Membership was founded as the   Republic of China to 1971.
  3. ^ Previously as "Czech Republic"
  4. ^ As Swaziland before 2018
  5. ^ a b The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) became a Member State on 31 March 1950. The participation of Yugoslavia in meetings of governing bodies and conferences of UNESCO was suspended following Resolution 47/1 adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 22 September 1992, which stated that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) could not continue automatically the membership of the former SFRY. Accordingly, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which became a Member State on 20 December 2000, could not automatically succeed the former SFRY as a member of the Organization. Following the adoption of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro by the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 4 February 2003, the name of the State of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been changed to "Serbia and Montenegro". Further to the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Parliament of Montenegro on 3 June 2006, UNESCO has been informed that the membership of the State Union Serbia and Montenegro in UNESCO is continued by the Republic of Serbia on the basis of Article 60 of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro.
  6. ^ Niue does not have a National Organizing Committee established.[2]
  7. ^ As "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" before 2019
  8. ^ On 31 October 2011, the UNESCO General Conference in Paris admitted Palestine as a UNESCO member state, with 107 votes in favour of admission and 14 votes against, with 52 abstentions (a two-thirds majority vote in favour by member states is required). The decision took effect on 23 November 2011 when Palestine ratified UNESCO’s constitution.[8]
  9. ^ Previously a Member State from 11 March 1965 to 31 December 1972.
  10. ^ Membership was founded as the   Soviet Union to 1991.
  11. ^ Previously a Member State from 28 October 1965 to 31 December 1985.[9]
  12. ^ Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 (founding member) to 31 December 1956.
  13. ^ Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 (founding member) to 31 December 1985.
  14. ^ Membership was founded as the   South Vietnam to 1975.
  15. ^ a b The Netherlands Antilles became associate member of UNESCO on 26 October 1983. On Sunday 10 October 2010, a new status of the Netherlands Antilles came into effect within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, by which the country-status Dutch: land of the Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist. Under the new status, Curacao and Sint Maarten become countries (enjoying internal self-government within the Kingdom), joining Aruba, which gained similar status in 1986. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba have become part of the country "the Netherlands". The Netherlands retains responsibility for e.g. defence and foreign policy.
  16. ^ As Macau before 1999

References

  1. ^ a b c UNESCO official site: List of the 193 Member States (and the 11 Associate Members) of UNESCO and the date on which they became members (or Associate Members) of the Organization, as of 1 January 2019
  2. ^ a b c d WADA. (PDF). p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d Lazaroff, Tovah (31 December 2018). "Israel, U.S. slated to leave UNESCO today to protest anti-Israel bias". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Kosovo Moves Closer To UNESCO Membership". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Kosovo's UNESCO Membership Bid Fails". 9 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. ^ "UK Depositary Status List - Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)" (PDF). Foreign and Commonwealth Office. April 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  7. ^ . Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  8. ^ "General Conference admits Palestine as UNESCO Member". UNESCO. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  9. ^ UNESCO. "UNESCO - Singapore - official relations". Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  10. ^ UNESCO. "South Sudan – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  11. ^ Nauert, Heather (12 October 2017). "The United States Withdraws From UNESCO" (Press release). U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  12. ^ UNESCO. "UNESCO Permanent delegations". Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  13. ^ a b c UNESCO. "Directory of Permanenent Delegations and Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO". Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  14. ^ UNESCO. "Directory of Permanent Delegations to UNESCO". Retrieved 1 November 2011.

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As of January 2020 update UNESCO members include 193 member states and 11 associate members 1 Some members have additional National Organizing Committees NOCs for some of their dependent territories 2 The associate members are non independent states UNESCO member states UNESCO member state dependent territory with separate NOC UNESCO associates UNESCO observers Three UNESCO member states are not UN member states Cook Islands Niue and Palestine Palestine is a non member observer State of the United Nations General Assembly since 29 November 2012 while three UN member states Israel Liechtenstein United States are not UNESCO members The United States and Israel were members but left on 31 December 2018 asserting that the organization had an anti Israel bias 3 Kosovo was approved for membership by UNESCO s executive board in 2015 4 but the proposal did not receive the required 2 3 of votes in favour at the general conference 5 Contents 1 Member States 1 1 Former members 2 Associate members 3 Observers 4 See also 5 Notes 6 ReferencesMember States EditThe 193 UNESCO member states as of January 2019 with the date on which they became members are 6 7 1 2 Afghanistan 4 May 1948 Albania 16 October 1958 Algeria 15 October 1962 Andorra 20 October 1993 Angola 11 March 1977 Antigua and Barbuda 15 July 1982 Argentina 15 September 1948 Armenia 9 June 1992 Australia 4 November 1946 Austria 13 August 1948 Azerbaijan 3 June 1992 Bahamas 23 April 1981 Bahrain 18 January 1972 Bangladesh 27 October 1972 Barbados 24 October 1968 Belarus 12 May 1954 Belgium 29 November 1946 Belize 10 May 1982 Benin 18 October 1960 Bhutan 13 April 1982 Bolivia 13 November 1946 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 June 1993 Botswana 16 January 1980 Brazil 4 November 1946 Brunei Darussalam 17 March 2005 Bulgaria 17 May 1956 Burkina Faso 14 November 1960 Burundi 16 November 1962 Cambodia 3 July 1951 Cameroon 11 November 1960 Canada 4 November 1946 Cape Verde 15 February 1978 Central African Republic 11 November 1960 Chad 19 December 1960 Chile 7 July 1953 China a b 4 November 1946 including separate NOC for Hong Kong Colombia 31 October 1947 Comoros 22 March 1977 Congo 24 October 1960 Cook Islands 25 October 1989 Costa Rica 19 May 1950 Cote d Ivoire 27 October 1960 Croatia 1 June 1992 Cuba 29 August 1947 Cyprus 6 February 1961 Czechia c 22 February 1993 Democratic Republic of the Congo 25 November 1960 Denmark a 4 November 1946 including the territory of Greenland Djibouti 31 August 1989 Dominica 9 January 1979 Dominican Republic 4 November 1946 Ecuador 22 January 1947 Egypt 4 November 1946 El Salvador 28 April 1948 Equatorial Guinea 29 November 1979 Eritrea 2 September 1993 Estonia 14 October 1991 Eswatini 25 January 1978 d Ethiopia 1 July 1955 Fiji 14 July 1983 Finland 10 October 1956 France 4 November 1946 Gabon 16 November 1960 Gambia 1 August 1973 Georgia 7 October 1992 Germany 11 July 1951 Ghana 11 April 1958 Greece 4 November 1946 Grenada 17 February 1975 Guatemala 2 January 1950 Guinea 2 February 1960 Guinea Bissau 1 November 1974 Guyana 21 March 1967 Haiti 18 November 1946 Honduras 16 December 1947 Hungary 14 September 1948 Iceland 8 June 1964 India 4 November 1946 Indonesia 27 May 1950 Iran 6 September 1948 Iraq 21 October 1948 Ireland 3 October 1961 Italy 27 January 1948 Jamaica 7 November 1962 Japan 2 July 1951 Jordan 14 June 1950 Kazakhstan 22 May 1992 Kenya 7 April 1964 Kiribati 24 October 1989 North Korea 18 October 1974 South Korea 14 June 1950 Kuwait 18 November 1960 Kyrgyzstan 2 June 1992 Lao People s Democratic Republic 9 July 1951 Latvia 14 October 1991 Lebanon 4 November 1946 Lesotho 29 September 1967 Liberia 6 March 1947 Libya 27 June 1953 Lithuania 7 October 1991 Luxembourg 27 October 1947 Madagascar 10 November 1960 Malawi 27 October 1964 Malaysia 16 June 1958 Maldives 18 July 1980 Mali 7 November 1960 Malta 10 February 1965 Marshall Islands 30 June 1995 Mauritania 10 January 1962 Mauritius 25 October 1968 Mexico 4 November 1946 Federated States of Micronesia 19 October 1999 Moldova 27 May 1992 Monaco 6 July 1949 Mongolia 1 November 1962 Montenegro 1 March 2007 e Morocco 7 November 1956 Mozambique 11 October 1976 Myanmar 27 June 1949 Namibia 2 November 1978 Nauru 17 October 1996 Nepal 1 May 1953 Netherlands a 1 January 1947 New Zealand a 4 November 1946 Nicaragua 22 February 1952 Niger 10 November 1960 Nigeria 14 November 1960 Niue 26 October 1993 f North Macedonia 28 June 1993 g Norway 4 November 1946 Oman 10 February 1972 Pakistan 14 September 1949 Palau 20 September 1999 Palestine 23 November 2011 h Panama 10 January 1950 Papua New Guinea 4 October 1976 Paraguay 20 June 1955 Peru 21 November 1946 Philippines 21 November 1946 Poland 6 November 1946 Portugal 11 September 1974 i Qatar 27 January 1972 Romania 27 July 1956 Russian Federation 21 April 1954 j Rwanda 7 November 1962 Saint Kitts and Nevis 26 October 1983 Saint Lucia 6 March 1980 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14 January 1983 Samoa 3 April 1981 San Marino 12 November 1974 Sao Tome and Principe 22 January 1980 Saudi Arabia 4 November 1946 Senegal 10 November 1960 Serbia 20 December 2000 e Seychelles 18 October 1976 Sierra Leone 28 March 1962 Singapore 8 October 2007 k Slovakia 9 February 1993 Slovenia 27 May 1992 Solomon Islands 7 September 1993 Somalia 15 November 1960 South Africa 12 December 1994 l South Sudan 27 October 2011 10 Spain 30 January 1953 Sri Lanka 14 November 1949 Sudan 26 November 1956 Suriname 16 July 1976 Sweden 23 January 1950 Switzerland 28 January 1949 including separate NOC for Liechtenstein Syrian Arab Republic 16 November 1946 Tajikistan 6 April 1993 United Republic of Tanzania 6 March 1962 Thailand 1 January 1949 Timor Leste 5 June 2003 Togo 17 November 1960 Tonga 29 September 1980 Trinidad and Tobago 2 November 1962 Tunisia 8 November 1956 Turkey 4 November 1946 Turkmenistan 17 August 1993 Tuvalu 21 October 1991 Uganda 9 November 1962 Ukraine 12 May 1954 United Arab Emirates 20 April 1972 United Kingdom a 1 July 1997 m including separate NOC for Bermuda Uruguay 8 November 1947 Uzbekistan 26 October 1993 Vanuatu 10 February 1994 Venezuela 25 November 1946 Vietnam 6 July 1951 n Yemen 2 April 1962 Zambia 9 November 1964 Zimbabwe 22 September 1980 Currently Liechtenstein is not a member of UNESCO but they have an NOC under Switzerland s membership 2 Former members Edit Israel 16 September 1949 31 December 2018 3 United States 4 November 1946 31 December 1984 1 October 2003 31 December 2018 3 including separate NOCs for American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico and the U S Virgin IslandsBoth Israel and the United States withdrew claiming that the organization had an anti Israel bias 3 11 Associate members EditThe 12 associate members of UNESCO and the date on which they became associate members 1 Aland Islands 9 November 2021 Anguilla 5 November 2013 Aruba 20 October 1987 British Virgin Islands 24 November 1983 Cayman Islands 30 October 1999 Curacao 25 October 2011 o Faroes 12 October 2009 Macau 25 October 1995 p Montserrat 3 November 2015 New Caledonia 30 October 2017 Sint Maarten 25 October 2011 o Tokelau 15 October 2001 Observers EditThere are 2 Permanent Observers and 10 intergovernmental organizations with Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO 12 Non member States 13 Holy SeeEntities 13 Sovereign Military Order of MaltaIntergovernmental organizations 13 African Union Arab League Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization Council of Europe European Union Inter American Development Bank Islamic Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences Latin Union League of Arab States Organization of Ibero American States for Education Science and CultureIn addition there is a liaison office of the United Nations University at UNESCO 14 See also Edit Politics portalMember states of the United NationsNotes Edit a b c d e Some of the dependent territories of China Denmark Netherlands New Zealand United Kingdom are associate members of UNESCO Membership was founded as the Republic of China to 1971 Previously as Czech Republic As Swaziland before 2018 a b The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFRY became a Member State on 31 March 1950 The participation of Yugoslavia in meetings of governing bodies and conferences of UNESCO was suspended following Resolution 47 1 adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 22 September 1992 which stated that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro could not continue automatically the membership of the former SFRY Accordingly the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which became a Member State on 20 December 2000 could not automatically succeed the former SFRY as a member of the Organization Following the adoption of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro by the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 4 February 2003 the name of the State of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been changed to Serbia and Montenegro Further to the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Parliament of Montenegro on 3 June 2006 UNESCO has been informed that the membership of the State Union Serbia and Montenegro in UNESCO is continued by the Republic of Serbia on the basis of Article 60 of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro Niue does not have a National Organizing Committee established 2 As The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia before 2019 On 31 October 2011 the UNESCO General Conference in Paris admitted Palestine as a UNESCO member state with 107 votes in favour of admission and 14 votes against with 52 abstentions a two thirds majority vote in favour by member states is required The decision took effect on 23 November 2011 when Palestine ratified UNESCO s constitution 8 Previously a Member State from 11 March 1965 to 31 December 1972 Membership was founded as the Soviet Union to 1991 Previously a Member State from 28 October 1965 to 31 December 1985 9 Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 founding member to 31 December 1956 Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 founding member to 31 December 1985 Membership was founded as the South Vietnam to 1975 a b The Netherlands Antilles became associate member of UNESCO on 26 October 1983 On Sunday 10 October 2010 a new status of the Netherlands Antilles came into effect within the Kingdom of the Netherlands by which the country status Dutch land of the Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist Under the new status Curacao and Sint Maarten become countries enjoying internal self government within the Kingdom joining Aruba which gained similar status in 1986 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba have become part of the country the Netherlands The Netherlands retains responsibility for e g defence and foreign policy As Macau before 1999References Edit a b c UNESCO official site List of the 193 Member States and the 11 Associate Members of UNESCO and the date on which they became members or Associate Members of the Organization as of 1 January 2019 a b c d WADA Summary update on Government progress to become a State Party to the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport PDF p 2 Archived from the original PDF on 16 January 2013 Retrieved 28 July 2009 a b c d Lazaroff Tovah 31 December 2018 Israel U S slated to leave UNESCO today to protest anti Israel bias The Jerusalem Post Retrieved 31 December 2018 Kosovo Moves Closer To UNESCO Membership Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty 21 October 2015 Retrieved 21 October 2015 Kosovo s UNESCO Membership Bid Fails 9 November 2015 Retrieved 8 December 2015 UK Depositary Status List Constitution of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO PDF Foreign and Commonwealth Office April 2016 Retrieved 15 October 2017 Constitution of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation as later amended Foreign and Commonwealth Office Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 15 October 2017 General Conference admits Palestine as UNESCO Member UNESCO 31 October 2011 Retrieved 25 October 2017 UNESCO UNESCO Singapore official relations Archived from the original on 27 May 2012 Retrieved 1 November 2011 UNESCO South Sudan United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Retrieved 19 August 2013 Nauert Heather 12 October 2017 The United States Withdraws From UNESCO Press release U S Department of State Retrieved 25 October 2017 UNESCO UNESCO Permanent delegations Retrieved 1 November 2011 a b c UNESCO Directory of Permanenent Delegations and Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO Retrieved 1 November 2011 UNESCO Directory of Permanent Delegations to UNESCO Retrieved 1 November 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Member states of UNESCO amp oldid 1144324338, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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