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List of member states of the World Organisation for Animal Health

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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

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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

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  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.
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References

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  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.
  4. ^ @OIEAnimalHealth (26 May 2017). "#OIE85SG The OIE welcomes its 181st Member Country, Curacao! The new Delegate Dr A. Dwarkasing receives the OIE fla…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Lederer, Edith M. (16 September 2011). "UN approves Libya seat for former rebels". Google News. Associated Press. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  6. ^ Edwin Hsiao (31 May 2007). "OIE downgrades 'Chinese Taipei'". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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