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Africa

  1. Algeria - Member since 19.10.1962
  2. Angola - Member since 04.06.1976
  3. Benin - Member since 14.12.1960
  4. Botswana - Member since 27.02.1978
  5. Burkina Faso - Member since 21.11.1960
  6. Burundi - Member since 13.03.1963
  7. Cabo Verde - Member since 03.04.1979
  8. Cameroon - Member since 07.06.1960
  9. Central African Republic - Member since 27.10.1960
  10. Chad - Member since 10.11.1960
  11. Comoros - Member since 23.10.1978
  12. Congo - Member since 10.11.1960
  13. Côte d'Ivoire - Member since 21.11.1960
  14. Democratic Republic of the Congo - Member since 20.09.1960
  15. Djibouti - Member since 03.04.1978
  16. Egypt - Member since 19.06.1936
  17. Equatorial Guinea - Member since 30.01.1981
  18. Eritrea - Member since 07.06.1993
  19. Eswatini - Member since 20.05.1975
  20. Ethiopia - Member since 28.09.1923
  21. Gabon - Member since 14.10.1960
  22. Gambia - Member since 29.05.1995
  23. Ghana - Member since 20.05.1957
  24. Guinea - Member since 21.01.1959
  25. Guinea - Bissau - Member since 21.02.1977
  26. Kenya - Member since 13.01.1964
  27. Lesotho - Member from 1966 to 1971 and since 02.06.1980
  28. Liberia - Member since 28.06.1919
  29. Libya - Member since 11.06.1952
  30. Madagascar - Member since 01.11.1960
  31. Malawi - Member since 22.03.1965
  32. Mali - Member since 22.09.1960
  33. Mauritania - Member since 20.06.1961
  34. Mauritius - Member since 05.05.1969
  35. Morocco - Member since 13.06.1956
  36. Mozambique - Member since 28.05.1976
  37. Namibia - Member since 03.10.1978
  38. Niger - Member since 27.02.1961
  39. Nigeria - Member since 17.10.1960
  40. Rwanda - Member since 18.09.1962
  41. Sao Tome and Principe - Member since 01.06.1982
  42. Senegal - Member since 04.11.1960
  43. Seychelles - Member since 25.04.1977
  44. Sierra Leone - Member since 13.06.1961
  45. Somalia - Member since 18.11.1960
  46. South Africa - Member from 1919 to 1966 and since 26.05.1994
  47. South Sudan - Member since 29.04.2012
  48. St Helena (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
  49. Sudan - Member since 12.06.1956
  50. Togo - Member since 07.06.1960
  51. Tunisia - Member since 12.06.1956
  52. Uganda - Member since 25.03.1963
  53. United Republic of Tanzania - Member since 30.01.1962
  54. United Republic of Tanzania.Tanganyika
  55. United Republic of Tanzania.Zanzibar
  56. Zambia - Member since 02.12.1964
  57. Zimbabwe - Member since 06.06.1980

Americas

  1. Anguilla (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
  2. Antigua and Barbuda - Member since 16.02.1982
  3. Argentina - Member since 28.06.1919
  4. Aruba (Netherlands)
  5. Bahamas - Member since 25.05.1976
  6. Barbados - Member since 08.05.1967
  7. Belize - Member since 17.11.1981
  8. Bermuda (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
  9. Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Member since 28.06.1919
  10. Brazil - Member since 28.06.1919
  11. British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
  12. Canada - Member since 28.06.1919
  13. Caribbean Part of the Netherlands (Netherlands)
  14. Cayman Islands (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
  15. Chile - Member since 28.06.1919
  16. Colombia - Member since 28.06.1919
  17. Costa Rica - Member from 1920 to 1927 and since 21.04.1944
  18. Cuba - Member since 28.06.1919
  19. Curaçao (Netherlands)
  20. Dominica - Member since 17.06.1982
  21. Dominican Republic - Member since 29.09.1924
  22. Ecuador - Member since 28.09.1934
  23. El Salvador - Member from 1919 to 1939 and since 21.06.1948
  24. Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)  *
  25. French Southern and Antarctic Territories (France)
  26. Greenland (Denmark)
  27. Grenada - Member since 09.07.1979
  28. Guam (United States of America)
  29. Guatemala - Member from 1919 to 1938 and since 19.10.1945
  30. Guyana - Member since 08.06.1966
  31. Haiti - Member since 28.06.1919
  32. Honduras - Member from 1919 to 1938 and since 01.01.1955
  33. Jamaica - Member since 26.12.1962
  34. Mexico - Member since 12.09.1931
  35. Montserrat (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
  36. Nicaragua - Member from 1919 to 1938 and since 09.04.1957
  37. Panama - Member since 28.06.1919
  38. Paraguay - Member from 1919 to 1937 and since 05.09.1956
  39. Peru - Member since 28.06.1919
  40. Puerto Rico (United States of America)
  41. Saint Kitts and Nevis - Member since 19.05.1996
  42. Saint Lucia - Member since 09.04.1980
  43. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Member since 31.05.1995
  44. Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
  45. Suriname - Member since 24.02.1976
  46. Trinidad and Tobago - Member since 24.05.1963
  47. United States of America - Member from 1934 to 1977 and since 18.02.1980
  48. United States Virgin Islands (United States of America)
  49. Uruguay - Member since 28.06.1919
  50. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - Member from 1919 to 1957 and since 16.03.1958

Arab States

  1. Bahrain - Member since 18.04.1977
  2. Iraq - Member since 03.10.1932
  3. Jordan - Member since 26.01.1956
  4. Kuwait - Member since 13.06.1961
  5. Lebanon - Member since 23.12.1948
  6. Oman - Member since 31.01.1994
  7. Qatar - Member since 25.04.1972
  8. Saudi Arabia - Member since 12.01.1976
  9. Syrian Arab Republic - Member since 04.12.1947
  10. United Arab Emirates - Member since 25.04.1972
  11. Yemen - Member since 20.05.1965

Asia and the Pacific

  1. Afghanistan - Member since 29.09.1934
  2. American Samoa (United States of America)
  3. Australia - Member since 28.06.1919
  4. Bangladesh - Member since 22.06.1972
  5. Brunei Darussalam - Member since 17.01.2007
  6. Cambodia - Member since 24.02.1969
  7. China - Member since 28.06.1919
  8. China - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Special Administrative Region of China
  9. China - Macau Special Administrative Region - Special Administrative Region of China
  10. Cook Islands - Member since 12.06.2015
  11. Fiji - Member since 19.04.1974
  12. French Polynesia (France)
  13. India - Member since 28.06.1919
  14. Indonesia - Member since 12.05.1950
  15. Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Member since 28.06.1919
  16. Japan - Member from 1919 to 1940 and since 26.11.1951
  17. Kiribati - Member since 03.02.2000
  18. Lao People's Democratic Republic - Member since 23.01.1964
  19. Malaysia - Member since 11.11.1957
  20. Malaysia - Peninsular
  21. Malaysia - Sabah
  22. Malaysia - Sarawak
  23. Maldives - Member since 15.05.2009
  24. Marshall Islands - Member since 03.07.2007
  25. Mongolia - Member since 24.05.1968
  26. Myanmar - Member since 18.05.1948
  27. Nepal - Member since 30.08.1966
  28. New Caledonia (France)
  29. New Zealand - Member since 28.06.1919
  30. Northern Mariana Islands (United States of America)
  31. Pakistan - Member since 31.10.1947
  32. Palau - Member since 29.05.2012
  33. Papua New Guinea - Member since 01.05.1976
  34. Philippines - Member since 15.06.1948
  35. Republic of Korea - Member since 09.12.1991
  36. Samoa - Member since 07.03.2005
  37. Singapore - Member since 25.10.1965
  38. Solomon Islands - Member since 28.05.1984
  39. Sri Lanka - Member since 28.06.1948
  40. Thailand - Member since 28.06.1919
  41. Timor-Leste - Member since 19.08.2003
  42. Tokelau (New Zealand)
  43. Tonga - Member since 24.02.2016
  44. Tuvalu - Member since 27.05.2008
  45. Vanuatu - Member since 22.05.2003
  46. Viet Nam - Member from 1950 to 1976,1980 to 1985 and since 20.05.1992

Europe

  1. Albania - Member from 1920 to 1967 and since 22.05.1991
  2. Armenia - Member since 26.11.1992
  3. Austria - Member from 1919 to 1938 and since 24.06.1947
  4. Azerbaijan - Member since 19.05.1992
  5. Belarus - Member since 12.05.1954
  6. Belgium - Member since 28.06.1919
  7. Bosnia and Herzegovina - Member since 02.06.1993
  8. Bulgaria - Member since 16.12.1920
  9. Croatia - Member since 30.06.1992
  10. Cyprus - Member since 23.09.1960
  11. Czechia - Member from 1919 to 1993 as Part of Czechoslovakia and since 03.02.1993
  12. Denmark - Member since 28.06.1919
  13. Estonia - Member since 1921 and since 13.01.1992
  14. Faroe Islands (Denmark)
  15. Finland - Member since 16.12.1920
  16. France - Member since 28.06.1919
  17. Georgia - Member since 22.06.1993
  18. Germany - Member from 1919 to 1935 and since 12.06.1951
  19. Gibraltar (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
  20. Greece - Member since 28.06.1919
  21. Guernsey (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
  22. Hungary - Member since 18.09.1922
  23. Iceland - Member since 19.10.1945
  24. Ireland - Member since 10.09.1923
  25. Isle of Man (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
  26. Israel - Member since 10.05.1949
  27. Italy - Member from 1919 to 1939 and since 19.10.1945
  28. Jersey (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
  29. Kazakhstan - Member since 31.05.1993
  30. Kyrgyzstan - Member since 31.03.1992
  31. Latvia - Member since 1921 and since 03.12.1991
  32. Lithuania - Member since 1921 and since 04.10.1991
  33. Luxembourg - Member since 16.12.1920
  34. Malta - Member since 04.01.1965
  35. Montenegro - Member since 14.07.2006
  36. Netherlands - Member since 28.06.1919
  37. North Macedonia - Member since 28.05.1993
  38. Norway - Member since 28.06.1919
  39. Poland - Member since 28.06.1919
  40. Portugal - Member since 28.06.1919
  41. Republic of Moldova - Member since 08.06.1992
  42. Romania - Member from 1919 to 1942 and since 11.05.1956
  43. Russian Federation - Member from 1934 to 1940 and since 26.04.1954
  44. San Marino - Member since 18.06.1982
  45. Serbia - Member since 24.11.2000
  46. Slovakia - Member since 1919 to 1993 as part of Czechoslovakia and since 22.01.1993
  47. Slovenia - Member since 29.05.1992
  48. Spain - Member from 1919 to 1941 and since 28.05.1956
  49. Sweden - Member since 28.06.1919
  50. Switzerland - Member since 28.06.1919
  51. Tajikistan - Member since 26.11.1993
  52. Türkiye - Member since 18.07.1932
  53. Turkmenistan - Member since 24.09.1993
  54. Ukraine - Member since 12.05.1954
  55. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Member since 28.06.1919
  56. Uzbekistan - Member since 13.07.1992

* A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning the sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

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