As of July 2023 [update] , UNESCO members include 194 member states and 12 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.
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 UN member states Israel and Liechtenstein are not UNESCO members. Israel and the United States left on 31 December 2018 asserting that the organization had an anti-Israel bias. [3] The United States later reversed its decision in 2023, [4] and was readmitted by the UNESCO General Conference that July. [5]
Kosovo was approved for membership by UNESCO's executive board in 2015, [6] but the proposal did not receive the required 2/3 of votes in favour at the general conference. [7]
The 194 UNESCO member states, as of July 2023 [update] , with the date on which they became members, are: [8] [9] [1] [2]
Currently Liechtenstein is not a member of UNESCO, but they have an NOC under Switzerland's membership. [2]
Both Israel and the United States withdrew claiming that the organization had an anti-Israel bias, [3] [13] with the United States moving to rejoin in 2023. [5]
The 12 associate members of UNESCO and the date on which they became associate members: [1]
There are 2 Permanent Observers and 10 intergovernmental organizations with Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO. [14]
In addition, there is a liaison office of the United Nations University at UNESCO. [16]
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