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As of November 2013, UNESCO members include 195 member states and 9 associate members. Some members have additional National Organizing Committees (NOCs) for some of their dependent territories. The associate members are non-independent states.
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Three UNESCO member states are not UN member states: Cook Islands, Niue, and Palestine (Palestine is a non-member observer State of the United Nations General Assembly since November 29, 2012), while one UN member state (Liechtenstein) is not a UNESCO member. 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
UNESCO has 195 member states. This table has the date on which they became members:
As of 2012, Liechtenstein is not a member of UNESCO, but they have a NOC.
Associate members
This is the list of the 9 associate members of UNESCO and the date on which they became associate members:
Observers
There are 2 Permanent Observers and 10 intergovernmental organizations with Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO.
In addition, there is a liaison office of the United Nations University at UNESCO.