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 edit
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 edit
- ^ Benin: Name was changed from Dahomey on 1 December 1975.
- ^ Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Previously referred to as Bolivia.
- ^ Burkina Faso: Name was changed from Upper Volta on 6 August 1984.
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gambia: Previously referred to as The Gambia.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kazakhstan: Spelling was changed from Kazakstan on 20 June 1997.
- ^ Lao People's Democratic Republic: Name was changed from Laos on 2 December 1975.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Madagascar: Previously referred to as the Malagasy Republic.
- ^ Maldives: Previously referred to as the Maldive Islands.
- ^ Republic of Moldova: Previously referred to as Moldova.
- ^ Myanmar: Name was changed from Burma on 18 June 1989.
- ^ Philippines: Previously referred to as the Philippine Commonwealth (before becoming a republic in 1946) and as the Philippine Republic.
- ^ Sao Tome and Principe: The official UN designation lacks diacritics; however, the name is constitutionally defined as São Tomé and Príncipe, with diacritics.
- ^ South Africa: Previously referred to as the Union of South Africa (before becoming a republic in 1961).
- ^ Sri Lanka: Name was changed from Ceylon on 22 May 1972.
- ^ Suriname: Name was changed from Surinam on 23 January 1978.
- ^ Previously referred to as Republic of China (Taiwan). Name was changed to Taipei China in 1992, and to Chinese Taipei in 2007.
- ^ Thailand: Previously referred to as Siam.
External links edit
References edit
- ^ "International Agreement for the creation of an Office International des Epizooties" (PDF). The Federal Council，Switzerland.
- ^ "New Member Countries of the OIE". OIE.
- ^ "Change of name – Cape Verde" (PDF). United Nations. 2013-10-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
- ^ @OIEAnimalHealth (May 26, 2017). "#OIE85SG The OIE welcomes its 181st Member Country, Curacao! The new Delegate Dr A. Dwarkasing receives the OIE fla…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Lederer, Edith M. (16 September 2011). "UN approves Libya seat for former rebels". Google News. Associated Press. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ Edwin Hsiao (31 May 2007). "OIE downgrades 'Chinese Taipei'". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 1 June 2020.