Member state
{{short description|State that is a member of an international organisation}}
A member state is a state that is a member of an international organization or of a federation or confederation.
Since the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include some members that are not sovereign states, neither organization ever speaks of "member states". The WTO has simply "members" (see WTO members), and the IMF refers to its members as "member countries".{{cite web|url=http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm |title=IMF Country Information |publisher=Imf.org |access-date=2018-06-27}}
The oldest global member state based organization is the International Telecommunication Union, which joined the United Nations System as a Specialized Agency of the T1088 after the creation of the UN.
Worldwide
- Member states of the United Nations | 193
- Member states of the International Telecommunication Union | 193
- Member states of UNESCO | 195
- {{section link|Interpol|Members}} | 190
- Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization | 184
- Member states of the World Sports Alliance | 49
- Member states of the League of Nations
- Member states of the Venice Commission | 58
- Member states of the World Customs Organization | 173 sovereign states, 4 customs territories and one customs union
- Member states of the World Trade Organization | 166
- {{section link|International Hydrographic Organization|Member countries}}
- {{section link|International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property|Member states}}
- {{section link|Alliance of Small Island States|Member states}} | 39
- {{section link|Intersputnik|Member states}}
- World Health Organization | 194{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/countries/en/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040821102654/http://www.who.int/countries/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 21, 2004 |title=WHO | Countries |publisher=Who.int |date=2018-05-26 |access-date=2018-06-27}}
Restricted to a continent or larger region
=Other=
- Member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States | 9 + 2 unofficial participants (Turkmenistan and Ukraine)
Military
In history:
- {{section link|Warsaw Pact|Members}}
- {{section link|Central Powers|Member states}}
References
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