Member states of UNESCO

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

As of November 2013, UNESCO members include 195 member states and 9 associate members.[1][2] Some members have additional National Organizing Committees (NOCs) for some of their dependent territories.[3] The associate members are non-independent states.

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 November 29, 2012), while one UN member state (Liechtenstein) is not a UNESCO member. 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

UNESCO has 195 member states. This table has the date on which they became members:[1][3]

As of 2012, Liechtenstein is not a member of UNESCO, but they have a NOC.[3]

Associate members

This is the list of the 9 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.[8]

Non-member States[9]
Entities[9]
Intergovernmental organizations[9]

In addition, there is a liaison office of the United Nations University at UNESCO.[10]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Some of the dependent territories of China, Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom are associate members of UNESCO.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Niue does not have a National Organizing Committee established so far.[3]
  4. ↑ 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 2011-11-23 when Palestine ratified UNESCO’s constitution.
  5. ↑ Previously a Member State from 11 March 1965 to 31 December 1972.
  6. ↑ Previously a Member State from 28 October 1965 to 31 December 1985.[6]
  7. ↑ Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 (founding member) to 31 December 1956.
  8. ↑ Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 (founding member) to 31 December 1985.
  9. ↑ Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 (founding member) to 31 December 1984.
  10. 1 2 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.
  11. ↑ As Macau before 1999

References

  1. 1 2 3 UNESCO official site: List of the 195 Member States (and the 9 Associate Members) of UNESCO and the date on which they became members (or Associate Members) of the Organization, as of 5 November 2013
  2. ↑ UNESCO official site: General Conference admits Palestine as UNESCO Member State, 31.11.2011
  3. 1 2 3 4 WADA. "Summary update on Government progress to become a State Party to the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Kosovo Moves Closer To UNESCO Membership". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  5. ↑ "Kosovo's UNESCO Membership Bid Fails". 2015-11-09. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  6. ↑ UNESCO. "UNESCO - Singapore - official relations". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  7. ↑ UNESCO. "South Sudan – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  8. ↑ UNESCO. "UNESCO Permanent delegations". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  9. 1 2 3 UNESCO. "Directory of Permanenent Delegations and Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  10. ↑ UNESCO. "Directory of Permanent Delegations to UNESCO". Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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