Member states of UNESCO

This is a list of the Member States of UNESCO sorted by accession. In the UNESCO are currently (November 2011) 193 states and Palestine member.

Member States of UNESCO

Founding Member States of UNESCO on November 4, 1946:

• Australia
• Egypt
• Brazil
• People's Republic of China
• Denmark
• Dominican Republic
• France
• Greece
• Great Britain
• India
• Canada
• Lebanon
• Mexico
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Saudi Arabia
• South Africa
• Slovakia
• Czech Republic
• Turkey
• USA

Other members from 1946

• November 6 - Poland is a member of UNESCO.
• November 13 - Bolivia is a member of UNESCO.
• November 16 - The Syrian Arab Republic is a member of UNESCO.
• November 18 - Haiti is a member of UNESCO.
• 21 November - Peru is a member of UNESCO.
• November 21 - The Philippines is a member of UNESCO.
• November 25 - Venezuela is a member of UNESCO.
• November 29 - Belgium is a member of UNESCO.

1947

1948

• January 27 - Italy is a member of UNESCO.
• April 28 - El Salvador is a member of UNESCO.
• May 4 - Afghanistan is a member of UNESCO.
• August 13 - Austria is a member of UNESCO.
• September 6 - Iran is a member of UNESCO.
• September 14 - Hungary is a member of UNESCO.
• September 15 - Argentina is a member of UNESCO.
• October 21 - Iraq is a member of UNESCO.

1949

1950

• January 2nd - Guatemala is a member of UNESCO.
• January 10 - Panama is a member of UNESCO.
• January 23 - Sweden is a member of UNESCO.
• May 19 - Costa Rica is a member of UNESCO.
• May 27 - Indonesia is a member of UNESCO.
• 14 June - Jordan is a member of UNESCO.
• June 14 - The Republic of Korea is a member of UNESCO.

1951

• July 2 - Japan is a member of UNESCO.
• July 3 - Cambodia is a member of UNESCO.
• July 6 - Vietnam is a member of UNESCO.
• July 9 - Laos is a member of UNESCO.
• July 11 - Germany is a member of UNESCO.

1952

• February 22 - Nicaragua is a member of UNESCO.

1953

• January 30 - Spain is a member of UNESCO.
• 1st May - Nepal becomes a member of UNESCO.
• June 27 - Libya is a member of UNESCO.
• July 7 - Chile is a member of UNESCO.

1954

• April 21 - Russia is a member of UNESCO.
• May 12 - Belarus is a member of UNESCO.
• May 12 - Ukraine is a member of UNESCO.

1955

1956

1958

1960

• February 2 - Guinea is a member of UNESCO.
• October 18 - Benin is a member of UNESCO.
• October 27 - Côte d' Ivoire is a member of UNESCO.
• November 7 - Mali is a member of UNESCO.
• November 10 - Madagascar is a member of UNESCO.
• November 10 - Niger is a member of UNESCO.
• November 10 - Senegal is a member of UNESCO.
• November 11 - Cameroon is a member of UNESCO.
• November 11 - The Central African Republic is a member of UNESCO.
• November 14 - Burkina Faso is a member of UNESCO.
• November 14 - Nigeria is a member of UNESCO.
• November 15 - Somalia is a member of UNESCO.
• November 16 - Gabon is a member of UNESCO.
• November 17 - Togo is a member of UNESCO.
• November 18 - Kuwait is a member of UNESCO.
• November 25 - Congo is a member of UNESCO.
• November 25 - Zaire is a member of UNESCO.
• December 19 - Chad is a member of UNESCO.

1961

• February 6 - Cyprus is a member of UNESCO.
• October 3 - Ireland is a member of UNESCO.

1962

1964

• April 7 - Kenya is a member of UNESCO.
• June 8 - Iceland is a member of UNESCO.
• October 27 - Malawi is a member of UNESCO.
• November 9 - Zambia is a member of UNESCO.

1965

1967

• March 21 - Guyana is a member of UNESCO.
• September 29 - Lesotho is a member of UNESCO.

1968

• October 24 - Barbados is a member of UNESCO.
• October 25 - Mauritius becomes a member of UNESCO.

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

• January 25 - Swaziland is a member of UNESCO.
• February 15 - Cape Verde is a member of UNESCO.
• November 2 - Namibia is a member of UNESCO.

1979

• January 9 - Dominica is a member of UNESCO.
• November 29 - Equatorial Guinea is a member of UNESCO.

1980

1981

• April 3 - Samoa becomes a member of UNESCO.
• April 23 - The Bahamas is a member of UNESCO.

1982

1983

1984

• December 31 - emergence of the United States of America from the UNESCO

1985

• December 31 - United Kingdom emerges from the UNESCO

1987

• October 20 - Aruba is an associate member of the UNESCO

1989

• August 31 - Djibouti is a member of UNESCO.
• October 17 - The Cook Islands are a member of UNESCO.
• October 24 - Kiribati is a member of UNESCO.

1991

• October 7 - Lithuania is a member of UNESCO.
• October 14 - Estonia is a member of UNESCO.
• October 14 - Latvia is a member of UNESCO.
• October 21 - Tuvalu is a member of UNESCO.

1992

• May 22 - Kazakhstan is a member of UNESCO.
• May 27 - Moldova is a member of UNESCO.
• May 27 - Slovenia is a member of UNESCO.
• June 1st - Croatia is a member of UNESCO.
• June 2 - Kyrgyzstan is a member of UNESCO.
• June 3 - Azerbaijan is a member of UNESCO.
• 9 June - Armenia is a member of UNESCO.
• October 7 - Georgia is a member of UNESCO.

1993

• February 9 - Slovakia is a member of UNESCO.
• February 22 - The Czech Republic is a member of UNESCO.
• April 6 - Tajikistan is a member of UNESCO.
• June 2 - Bosnia - Herzegovina is a member of UNESCO.
• June 28 - Macedonia is a member of UNESCO.
• August 17 - Turkmenistan is a member of UNESCO.
• September 2 - Eritrea is a member of UNESCO.
• September 7 - The Solomon Islands are a member of UNESCO.
• October 20 - Andorra is a member of UNESCO.
• October 26 - Niue is member of UNESCO.
• October 26 - Uzbekistan is a member of UNESCO.

1994

1995

• June 30 - The Marshall Islands become a member of UNESCO.
• October 25 - Macau is an associate member of the UNESCO

1996

1997

1999

• September 20 - Palau is a member of UNESCO.
• October 19 - Micronesia is a member of UNESCO.
• October 30 - Cayman Islands become an associate member of the UNESCO

2000

• December 20 - Serbia and Montenegro is a member of UNESCO.

2001

2003

• June 5 - East Timor is a member of UNESCO.
• October 1 re-entry of the United States of America to UNESCO

2005

2007

2009

2011

• October 25 - Curaçao is an associate member of UNESCO.
• October 25 - Sint Maarten is an associate member of UNESCO.
• October 27 - South Sudan is a member of UNESCO.
• October 31 - Palestine is member of UNESCO.