Member states of the World Sports Alliance

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On February 25, 2013, the Republic of Sierra Leone became the 31st Member State of the intergovernmental World Sports Alliance (WSA). The Membership Application and Membership Memorandum of Understanding were signed on behalf of the Government by Paul Kamara, the Minister of Sports. The WSA has 31 member states.

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On December 1 7, 2012, the Republic of Tunisia became the 29th member state with the signing of the Membership Documents by Tarek Dhiab, the Minister of Youth and Sports.

WSA-IGO was created following the adoption of the Rabat Declaration in Morocco, in May 2007 by the Kingdom of Morocco, the Republic of Niger, and the Dominican Republic, and its subsequent presentation and registration with the Economic and Social Council UN-ECOSOC (E/2007/NGO/1)(3) in July 2007. By April 2009 WSA had grown to include 24 Member states, increasing to 27 in January 2009, with a combined population base of 574 million.

Pursuant to the accession process, the Sports and Youth Minister of each member state becomes the lead representative of their government within WSA.

The decision to organize as an Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) was strategic. An IGO is an organization made up primarily of Sovereign States, referred to as its Member States, and requires the membership of a minimum of three (3) countries in order to qualify as an IGO. Examples of IGO’s include the United Nations, the European Union, and NATO.

This organizational form permits WSA to work in direct concert with its Member States through the Sports and Youth Ministries of each Member State on the social and academic aspects of the WSA programs. At the same time, this structure also enables WSA to work in direct contact with the Heads of State, the Prime Ministers and Ministers of each of its Member States on matters pertaining to the Public Private Partnerships in order to encourage and reinforce the participation of Countries in their own sustainable and responsible development.

Further, by providing access to the highest levels of governments, the IGO status also provides WSA with the means to broaden support among non Member States for the strategy of using education through sports to engage the youth of a country in order to educate and then involve them in the development of their communities and society at large. Bangladesh is the last member of WSA. They are the 34th membering country, it was held in 17 November 2019.

Current members

The member states are listed below with their respective dates of admission.

The table below uses the official names of the member states used by the WSA-IGO, and can also be sorted by their dates of admissions by clicking on the button in the column header.

Note: Member states with background color   and bold font are original members.

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CountryDate
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 29 May 2007
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger 7 May 2007
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 4 May 2007
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 9 June 2007
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 30 July 2007
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 3 August 2007
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 21 September 2007
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 24 September 2007
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 31 October 2007
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 24 December 2007
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 31 December 2007
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 25 January 2008
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Côte d'Ivoire 3 February 2008
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8 May 2008
Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg  Rio Grande do Norte 30 May 2008
Gauteng 17 July 2008
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo, Republic of the 20 August 2008
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 25 September 2008
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 5 October 2008
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 21 October 2008
Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg  Costa Rica 30 October 2008
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 13 December 2008
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 14 February 2009
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 25 March 2009
Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia 17 May 2009
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 8 September 2009
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 17 December 2012
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 25 February 2013
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 17 November 2019
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 30 April 2022
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 30 April 2022
Flag of France.svg  Saint Pierre and Miquelon 30 April 2022
Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 12 October 2022
Flag of the Canary Islands.svg  Canary Islands 13 April 2024
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 13 April 2024
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 27 May 2024
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 28 May 2024
Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla 31 May 2024
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 4 June 2024
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 4 June 2024
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 4 June 2024
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 4 June 2024
Flag of Saba.svg  Saba 7 June 2024
Bandeira de Sergipe.svg  Sergipe 23 June 2024
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 23 June 2024
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 10 February 2025
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 21 March 2025
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 21 March 2025
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 21 March 2025
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 21 March 2025
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 21 March 2025
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 21 March 2025
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 21 March 2025
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 5 May 2025
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 6 May 2025
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 6 May 2025
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 6 May 2025

Footnotes

  1. United Nations Millennium Development Goals (1)
  2. Rabat Declaration(2) http://www.omdg.org/en/index.php?searchword=world+sports+allianc&ordering=&searchphrase=all&option=com_search
  3. UN- ECOSOC (E/2007/NGO/1) in July 2007. (3)
  4. AIESIS http://www.omdg.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128&Itemid=70
  5. Regional Roundtables held in Paris, Algiers, Brasília and Beijing respectively.(4)
  6. Public Private Partnership (PPP) as an innovative means of financing sustainable development.(5)
  7. Unleashing Entrepreneurship (6)
  1. World Sports Alliance https://web.archive.org/web/20090419003351/http://worldsportsalliance.org/site/
  2. Intergovernmental Organization
  3. United Nations Millennium Development Goals
  4. United Nations
  5. European Union
  6. NATO
  7. UNDESA - www.un.org/esa/desa
  8. UNESCO - http://portal.unesco.org
  9. Unleashing Entrepreneurship, (http://www.undp.org/cpsd/report/index.html)
  10. AIESIS http://www.omdg.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=128&Itemid=70
  11. UN NGO IRENE http://www.unpan.org/NGO.asp
  12. EUPEA http://www.eupea.com
  13. CONFEJES https://web.archive.org/web/20080611172512/http://www.confejes.org/article159.html