List of member states of the World Organisation for Animal Health

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) is an inter-governmental organisation whose 183 Members have mandated it to improve animal health and welfare worldwide. Created in 1924 under the name of Office International des Epizooties, it had only 28 member countries at the beginning. Those countries were: Argentine Republic, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Morocco, Mexico, the Principality of Monaco, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Siam (Thailand), Sweden, Switzerland, and Tunisia.

Member States

Original members are listed bold.

Member state Date of admission[1][2]
Afghanistan 25 July 1960
Albania 11 February 1991
Algeria 3 July 1962
Andorra 16 January 1998
Angola 6 April 1979
Argentina 20 October 1933
Armenia 29 December 1997
Australia 9 February 1925
Austria 30 June 1928
Azerbaijan 28 February 1995
Bahamas 18 August 2010
Bahrain 27 August 1993
Bangladesh 15 October 1997
Barbados 29 November 1999
Belarus 25 February 1994
Belgium 2 March 1928
Belize 12 January 2002
Benin [note 1] 14 March 1975
Bhutan 14 December 1990
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) [note 2] 6 May 1986
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 August 1994
Botswana 20 June 1968
Brazil 14 December 1928
Brunei Darussalam 3 February 2004
Bulgaria 11 January 1927
Burkina Faso [note 3] 5 December 1961
Burundi 11 October 1999
Cabo Verde [note 4] 26 December 2006
Cambodia [note 5] 3 April 1951
Cameroon [note 6] 1 January 1960
Canada 14 April 1959
Central African Republic [note 7] 4 August 1959
Chad 21 September 1959
Chile 2 April 1962
China 18 February 1992
Colombia 2 January 1956
Comoros 22 December 1993
Democratic Republic of the Congo [note 8] 22 March 1948
Congo [note 9] 20 June 1983
Costa Rica 28 June 1993
Côte d'Ivoire [note 10] 19 March 1962
Croatia 13 January 1992
Cuba 4 September 1972
Curacao[4] 27 May 2017
Cyprus 13 November 1961
Czech Republic 15 March 1993
Denmark 21 January 1925
Djibouti 27 January 2003
Dominican Republic 28 January 2003
Ecuador
Egypt 6 January 1927
El Salvador 22 October 1997
Equatorial Guinea 20 April 2002
Eritrea 12 September 1994
Estonia 13 January 1992
Eswatini 23 November 1970
Ethiopia 2 November 1977
Fiji 18 May 2007
Finland 12 January 1925
France 11 June 1926
Gabon 27 July 1959
Gambia [note 11] 29 November 2004
Georgia 30 September 1992
Germany 16 February 1928
Ghana 24 May 1971
Greece 25 June 1929
Guatemala 15 March 1999
Guinea 23 May 1985
Guinea-Bissau 7 August 2003
Guyana 10 December 1996
Haiti 28 January 1988
Honduras 12 April 1994
Hungary 2 March 1929
Iceland 20 January 1995
India 30 May 1924
Indonesia 1 February 1954
Iran (Islamic Republic of) [note 12] 24 February 1959
Iraq 16 April 1928
Ireland 30 May 1924
Israel 24 January 1949
Italy 23 May 1927
Jamaica 15 October 1997
Japan 27 January 1930
Jordan 26 July 1961
Kazakhstan [note 13] 23 April 1993
Kenya 28 August 1964
North Korea 2 March 2001
South Korea 21 November 1953
Kuwait 16 March 1988
Kyrgyzstan 8 July 1992
Lao People's Democratic Republic [note 14] 6 February 1951
Latvia 29 May 1992
Lebanon 1 October 1948
Lesotho 22 June 1984
Liberia 30 May 2014
Libya[5][note 15] 7 April 1982
Liechtenstein 1 January 2008
Lithuania 21 October 1931
Luxembourg 24 March 1928
Madagascar [note 16] 26 June 1960
Malawi 30 March 1984
Malaysia 19 March 1970
Maldives [note 17] 7 November 2007
Mali 25 January 1961
Malta 27 April 1989
Mauritania 21 August 1959
Mauritius 20 November 1985
Mexico 7 December 1949
Micronesia (Federated States of) 6 March 2009
Republic of Moldova [note 18] 24 January 1995
Monaco 3 March 1925
Mongolia 4 May 1989
Montenegro 10 August 2007
Morocco 6 May 1925
Mozambique 16 March 1949
Myanmar [note 19] 24 August 1989
Namibia 10 December 1990
  Nepal 12 March 1998
Netherlands 26 August 1926
New Caledonia 13 February 1950
New Zealand 19 August 1924
Nicaragua 8 February 2001
Niger 7 July 1959
Nigeria 20 June 1969
North Macedonia 10 September 1993
Norway 9 June 1947
Oman 16 April 1984
Pakistan 21 March 1949
Panama 28 December 1977
Papua New Guinea 16 July 2009
Paraguay 12 December 1967
Peru 16 March 1998
Philippines [note 20] 29 November 1985
Poland 18 February 1925
Portugal 17 June 1926
Qatar 6 May 1994
Romania 16 July 1927
Russian Federation 29 October 1927
Rwanda 7 May 2002
Saint Lucia 2018
San Marino 9 April 2009
Sao Tome and Principe [note 21] 8 May 2002
Saudi Arabia 22 February 1971
Senegal 22 February 1961
Serbia 21 November 2002
Seychelles 20 May 2010
Sierra Leone 13 April 1970
Singapore 2 November 1993
Slovakia 3 May 1993
Slovenia 30 December 1991
Somalia 10 May 1974
South Africa [note 22] 4 November 1936
South Sudan 30 May 2014
Spain 11 February 1927
Sri Lanka [note 23] 12 March 1971
Sudan 10 October 1959
Suriname [note 24] 10 January 2002
Sweden 17 September 1925
 Switzerland 6 July 1926
Syrian Arab Republic 24 October 1986
Chinese Taipei[note 25][6] 1 October 1954
Tajikistan 21 September 1992
United Republic of Tanzania 9 May 1967
Thailand [note 26] 6 May 1927
Timor-Leste 16 November 2010
Togo 12 August 1968
Trinidad and Tobago 18 May 1998
Tunisia 14 February 1925
Turkey 17 March 1930
Turkmenistan 25 September 1992
Uganda 10 August 1982
Ukraine 16 June 1993
United Arab Emirates 14 April 1980
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11 July 1925
United States of America 29 July 1975
Uruguay 23 May 1931
Uzbekistan 9 October 1992
Vanuatu 29 June 1981
Venezuela 23 January 1948
Vietnam 22 February 1951
Yemen 15 July 1999
Zambia 24 October 1964
Zimbabwe 11 December 1961

Notes

  1. ^ Benin: Name was changed from Dahomey on 1 December 1975.
  2. ^ Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Previously referred to as Bolivia.
  3. ^ Burkina Faso: Name was changed from Upper Volta on 6 August 1984.
  4. ^ Cabo Verde: Previously referred to as Cape Verde. On 24 October 2013, Cabo Verde requested that its name no longer be translated into different languages.[3]
  5. ^ Cambodia: Name was changed to the Khmer Republic on 7 October 1970, and back to Cambodia on 30 April 1975. Name was changed again to Democratic Kampuchea on 6 April 1976, and back to Cambodia on 3 February 1990.
  6. ^ Cameroon: Previously referred to as Cameroun (before merging with Southern Cameroons in 1961). By a letter of 4 January 1974, the Secretary-General was informed that Cameroon had changed its name to the United Republic of Cameroon. Name was changed back to Cameroon on 4 February 1984.
  7. ^ Central African Republic: By a letter of 20 December 1976, the Central African Republic advised that it had changed its name to the Central African Empire. Name was changed back to the Central African Republic on 20 September 1979.
  8. ^ Democratic Republic of the Congo: Previously referred to as Congo (Leopoldville) (to differentiate it from Congo (Brazzaville)). Name was changed from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zaire on 27 October 1971, and back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 17 May 1997.
  9. ^ Congo: Previously referred to as Congo (Brazzaville) (to differentiate it from Congo (Leopoldville)) and the People's Republic of the Congo. Name was changed to Congo on 15 November 1971 (after the Democratic Republic of the Congo changed its name to Zaire). Also referred to as Congo (Republic of the).
  10. ^ Côte d'Ivoire: Previously referred to as Ivory Coast. On 6 November 1985, Côte d’Ivoire requested that its name no longer be translated into different languages; this became fully effective on 1 January 1986.
  11. ^ Gambia: Previously referred to as The Gambia.
  12. ^ Iran (Islamic Republic of): Previously referred to as Iran. By a communication of 5 March 1981, Iran informed the Secretary-General that it should be referred to by its complete name of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  13. ^ Kazakhstan: Spelling was changed from Kazakstan on 20 June 1997.
  14. ^ Lao People's Democratic Republic: Name was changed from Laos on 2 December 1975.
  15. ^ Libya: Formerly recognised as the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 after originally being admitted as Libya. By notes verbales of 1 and 21 April 1977, the Libyan Arab Republic advised that it had changed its name to the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. On 16 September 2011, the UN General Assembly awarded the UN seat to the National Transitional Council, thereby restoring the original name of Libya.
  16. ^ Madagascar: Previously referred to as the Malagasy Republic.
  17. ^ Maldives: Previously referred to as the Maldive Islands.
  18. ^ Republic of Moldova: Previously referred to as Moldova.
  19. ^ Myanmar: Name was changed from Burma on 18 June 1989.
  20. ^ Philippines: Previously referred to as the Philippine Commonwealth (before becoming a republic in 1946) and as the Philippine Republic.
  21. ^ Sao Tome and Principe: The official UN designation lacks diacritics; however, the name is constitutionally defined as São Tomé and Príncipe, with diacritics.
  22. ^ South Africa: Previously referred to as the Union of South Africa (before becoming a republic in 1961).
  23. ^ Sri Lanka: Name was changed from Ceylon on 22 May 1972.
  24. ^ Suriname: Name was changed from Surinam on 23 January 1978.
  25. ^ Previously referred to as Republic of China (Taiwan). Name was changed to Taipei China in 1992, and to Chinese Taipei in 2007.
  26. ^ Thailand: Previously referred to as Siam.

References

  1. ^ "International Agreement for the creation of an Office International des Epizooties" (PDF). The Federal Council，Switzerland.
  2. ^ "New Member Countries of the OIE". OIE.
  3. ^ "Change of name – Cape Verde" (PDF). United Nations. 2013-10-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
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