Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization

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

WIPO members

  Members

  Non-members

WIPO currently has 193 member states.^[1] 190 of the UN Members as well as the Holy See, Niue and the Cook Islands are Members of WIPO. Non-members are the states of Kosovo, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, South Sudan, 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]
• 11/12 December 2017: East Timor and the Marshall Islands join^[5]
• 4 July 2019: Solomon Islands join^[6]
• 11 May 2020 Nauru joins^[7]