Member states of UNESCO


, UNESCO members include 193 member states and 11 associate members. Some members have additional National Organizing Committees for some of their dependent territories. The associate members are non-independent states.
Three UNESCO member states are not UN member states: Cook Islands, Niue, and Palestine, while three UN member states are not UNESCO members. The United States and Israel were members, but left on 31 December 2018 asserting that the organization had an anti-Israel bias.
Kosovo was approved for membership by UNESCO's executive board in 2015, but the proposal did not receive the required 2/3 of votes in favour at the general conference.

Member States

The 193 UNESCO member states, as of January 2019, with the date on which they became members, are:
Currently is not a member of UNESCO, but they have an NOC under Switzerland's membership.

Former members

Both Israel and the United States withdrew claiming that the organization had an anti-Israel bias.

Associate members

The 11 associate members of UNESCO and the date on which they became associate members:
There are 2 Permanent Observers and 10 intergovernmental organizations with Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO.
;Non-member States
;Entities
;Intergovernmental organizations
In addition, there is a liaison office of the United Nations University at UNESCO.