Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization

WIPO members

  Members

  Non-members

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations.

WIPO currently has 188 member states.^[1] 186 of the UN Members as well as the Holy See and Niue are Members of WIPO. Non-members are the states of Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, and the states with limited recognition. Palestine has observer status.^[2]

History

• 27 March 2000 Dominican Republic joins^[3]
• 2 March 2012 Vanuatu joins^[4]

References

1. ↑ List of members states of WIPO. Retrieved on 28 January 2015.
2. ↑ Palestine WIPO status
3. ↑ Dominican Republic Joins WIPO
4. ↑ Accession by the Republic of Vanuatu