COMMUNITIES
Member States
List of the 193 Member States (and the 7 Associate Members) of UNESCO and the date on which they became Members (or Associate Members) of the Organization, as of October 2009 (in alphabetical order)
Member States
| 1 | Afghanistan | 4 May 1948 |
| 2 | Albania | 16 October 1958 |
| 3 | Algeria | 15 October 1962 |
| 4 | Andorra | 20 October 1993 |
| 5 | Angola | 11 March 1977 |
| 6 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15 July 1982 |
| 7 | Argentina | 15 September 1948 |
| 8 | Armenia | 9 June 1992 |
| 9 | Australia | 4 November 1946 |
| 10 | Austria | 13 August 1948 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 3 June 1992 |
| 12 | Bahamas | 23 April 1981 |
| 13 | Bahrain | 18 January 1972 |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 27 October 1972 |
| 15 | Barbados | 24 October 1968 |
| 16 | Belarus | 12 May 1954 |
| 17 | Belgium | 29 November 1946 |
| 18 | Belize | 10 May 1982 |
| 19 | Benin | 18 October 1960 |
| 20 | Bhutan | 13 April 1982 |
| 21 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 13 November 1946 |
| 22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 June 1993 |
| 23 | Botswana | 16 January 1980 |
| 24 | Brazil | 4 November 1946 |
| 25 | Brunei Darussalam | 17 March 2005 |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 17 May 1956 |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 14 November 1960 |
| 28 | Burundi | 16 November 1962 |
| 29 | Cambodia | 3 July 1951 |
| 30 | Cameroon | 11 November 1960 |
| 31 | Canada | 4 November 1946 |
| 32 | Cape Verde | 15 February 1978 |
| 33 | Central African Republic | 11 November 1960 |
| 34 | Chad | 19 December 1960 |
| 35 | Chile | 7 July 1953 |
| 36 | China | 4 November 1946 |
| 37 | Colombia | 31 October 1947 |
| 38 | Comoros | 22 March 1977 |
| 39 | Congo | 24 October 1960 |
| 40 | Cook Islands | 25 October 1989 |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 19 May 1950 |
| 42 | C�te d'Ivoire | 27 October 1960 |
| 43 | Croatia | 1 June 1992 |
| 44 | Cuba | 29 August 1947 |
| 45 | Cyprus | 6 February 1961 |
| 46 | Czech Republic | 22 February 1993 |
| 47 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 18 October 1974 |
| 48 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 25 November 1960 |
| 49 | Denmark | 4 November 1946 |
| 50 | Djibouti | 31 August 1989 |
| 51 | Dominica | 9 January 1979 |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 4 November 1946 |
| 53 | Ecuador | 22 January 1947 |
| 54 | Egypt | 4 November 1946 |
| 55 | El Salvador | 28 April 1948 |
| 56 | Equatorial Guinea | 29 November 1979 |
| 57 | Eritrea | 2 September 1993 |
| 58 | Estonia | 14 October 1991 |
| 59 | Ethiopia | 1 July 1955 |
| 60 | Fiji | 14 July 1983 |
| 61 | Finland | 10 October 1956 |
| 62 | France | 4 November 1946 |
| 63 | Gabon | 16 November 1960 |
| 64 | Gambia | 1 August 1973 |
| 65 | Georgia | 7 October 1992 |
| 66 | Germany | 11 July 1951 |
| 67 | Ghana | 11 April 1958 |
| 68 | Greece | 4 November 1946 |
| 69 | Grenada | 17 February 1975 |
| 70 | Guatemala | 2 January 1950 |
| 71 | Guinea | 2 February 1960 |
| 72 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 November 1974 |
| 73 | Guyana | 21 March 1967 |
| 74 | Haiti | 18 November 1946 |
| 75 | Honduras | 16 December 1947 |
| 76 | Hungary | 14 September 1948 |
| 77 | Iceland | 8 June 1964 |
| 78 | India | 4 November 1946 |
| 79 | Indonesia | 27 May 1950 |
| 80 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6 September 1948 |
| 81 | Iraq | 21 October 1948 |
| 82 | Ireland | 3 October 1961 |
| 83 | Israel | 16 September 1949 |
| 84 | Italy | 27 January 1948 |
| 85 | Jamaica | 7 November 1962 |
| 86 | Japan | 2 July 1951 |
| 87 | Jordan | 14 June 1950 |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 22 May 1992 |
| 89 | Kenya | 7 April 1964 |
| 90 | Kiribati | 24 October 1989 |
| 91 | Kuwait | 18 November 1960 |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 June 1992 |
| 93 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9 July 1951 |
| 94 | Latvia | 14 October 1991 |
| 95 | Lebanon | 4 November 1946 |
| 96 | Lesotho | 29 September 1967 |
| 97 | Liberia | 6 March 1947 |
| 98 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 27 June 1953 |
| 99 | Lithuania | 7 October 1991 |
| 100 | Luxembourg | 27 October 1947 |
| 101 | Madagascar | 10 November 1960 |
| 102 | Malawi | 27 October 1964 |
| 103 | Malaysia | 16 June 1958 |
| 104 | Maldives | 18 July 1980 |
| 105 | Mali | 7 November 1960 |
| 106 | Malta | 10 February 1965 |
| 107 | Marshall Islands | 30 June 1995 |
| 108 | Mauritania | 10 January 1962 |
| 109 | Mauritius | 25 October 1968 |
| 110 | Mexico | 4 November 1946 |
| 111 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 19 October 1999 |
| 112 | Monaco | 6 July 1949 |
| 113 | Mongolia | 1 November 1962 |
| 114 | Montenegro | 1st March 2007 |
| 115 | Morocco | 7 November 1956 |
| 116 | Mozambique | 11 October 1976 |
| 117 | Myanmar | 27 June 1949 |
| 118 | Namibia | 2 November 1978 |
| 119 | Nauru | 17 October 1996 |
| 120 | Nepal | 1 May 1953 |
| 121 | Netherlands | 1 January 1947 |
| 122 | New Zealand | 4 November 1946 |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 22 February 1952 |
| 124 | Niger | 10 November 1960 |
| 125 | Nigeria | 14 November 1960 |
| 126 | Niue | 26 October 1993 |
| 127 | Norway | 4 November 1946 |
| 128 | Oman | 10 February 1972 |
| 129 | Pakistan | 14 September 1949 |
| 130 | Palau | 20 September 1999 |
| 131 | Panama | 10 January 1950 |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 4 October 1976 |
| 133 | Paraguay | 20 June 1955 |
| 134 | Peru | 21 November 1946 |
| 135 | Philippines | 21 November 1946 |
| 136 | Poland | 6 November 1946 |
| 137 | Portugal (1) | 11 September 1974 |
| 138 | Qatar | 27 January 1972 |
| 139 | Republic of Korea | 14 June 1950 |
| 140 | Republic of Moldova | 27 May 1992 |
| 141 | Romania | 27 July 1956 |
| 142 | Russian Federation | 21 April 1954 |
| 143 | Rwanda | 7 November 1962 |
| 144 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26 October 1983 |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 6 March 1980 |
| 146 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14 January 1983 |
| 147 | Samoa | 3 April 1981 |
| 148 | San Marino | 12 November 1974 |
| 149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22 January 1980 |
| 150 | Saudi Arabia | 4 November 1946 |
| 151 | Senegal | 10 November 1960 |
| 152 | Serbia (2) | 20 December 2000 |
| 153 | Seychelles | 18 October 1976 |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 28 March 1962 |
| 155 | Singapore (3) | 8 October 2007 |
| 156 | Slovakia | 9 February 1993 |
| 157 | Slovenia | 27 May 1992 |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 7 September 1993 |
| 159 | Somalia | 15 November 1960 |
| 160 | South Africa (4) | 12 December 1994 |
| 161 | Spain | 30 January 1953 |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 14 November 1949 |
| 163 | Sudan | 26 November 1956 |
| 164 | Suriname | 16 July 1976 |
| 165 | Swaziland | 25 January 1978 |
| 166 | Sweden | 23 January 1950 |
| 167 | Switzerland | 28 January 1949 |
| 168 | Syrian Arab Republic | 16 November 1946 |
| 169 | Tajikistan | 6 April 1993 |
| 170 | Thailand | 1 January 1949 |
| 171 | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 28 June 1993 |
| 172 | Timor-Leste | 5 June 2003 |
| 173 | Togo | 17 November 1960 |
| 174 | Tonga | 29 September 1980 |
| 175 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 November 1962 |
| 176 | Tunisia | 8 November 1956 |
| 177 | Turkey | 4 November 1946 |
| 178 | Turkmenistan | 17 August 1993 |
| 179 | Tuvalu | 21 October 1991 |
| 180 | Uganda | 9 November 1962 |
| 181 | Ukraine | 12 May 1954 |
| 182 | United Arab Emirates | 20 April 1972 |
| 183 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (5) | 1 July 1997 |
| 184 | United Republic of Tanzania | 6 March 1962 |
| 185 | United States of America (6) | 1 October 2003 |
| 186 | Uruguay | 8 November 1947 |
| 187 | Uzbekistan | 26 October 1993 |
| 188 | Vanuatu | 10 February 1994 |
| 189 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 25 November 1946 |
| 190 | Viet Nam | 6 July 1951 |
| 191 | Yemen | 2 April 1962 |
| 192 | Zambia | 9 November 1964 |
| 193 | Zimbabwe | 22 September 1980 |
Associate Members
| 1 | Aruba | 20 October 1987 |
| 2 | British Virgin Islands | 24 November 1983 |
| 3 | Cayman Islands | 30 October 1999 |
| 4 | Faroes | 12 October 2009 |
| 5 | Macao, China | 25 October 1995 |
| 6 | Netherlands Antilles (7) | 26 October 1983 |
| 7 | Tokelau | 15 October 2001 |
(1) Previously a Member State from 11 March 1965 to 31 December 1972.
(2) The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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 Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (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 National
Assembly 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) Previously a Member State from 28 October 1965 to 31 December 1985.
(4)� Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 to 31 December 1956.
(5) Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 to 31 December 1985.
(6) Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 to 31 December 1984.
(7) On Sunday 10 October 2010, a new status of the Netherlands Antilles came into effect, by which the Dutch Caribbean dependency of the Netherlands Antilles has ceased to exist with a change of the five islands' constitutional status.
Under the new status, Curacao and St Maarten will enjoy internal self-government within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, joining Aruba, which gained similar status in 1986. Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba have become part of the Netherlands. The Netherlands retains responsibility for defence and foreign policy.
These changes constitute a modification of the internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Kingdom will remain the subject of international law with which agreements are concluded.