MEMBER STATES

Thanks to its great political representation, the Non-Aligned Movement is the world’s second largest organization after the United Nations (UN). Currently, the Movement has 120 member countries, 17 observer countries and 10 observer organizations.

The movement is constituted by:

• 53 countries from Africa
• 39 countries from Asia
• 26 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean
• 2 countries from Europe

Categories participating in the Movement:

• Permanent Members
• Observers
• Guests

Permanent Members fully exercise their rights and duties in the Movement. Observers may only participate in the plenary deliberations and take the floor after being authorized by the Bureau. Guests can only participate in the Movement’s high-level meetings (especially in the opening and closure sessions) with approval of the Coordinating Bureau.

The Principles of Bandung and the Membership Criteria of the NAM are also the admission criteria of both new member countries and observers.

NAM’S MEMBER COUNTRIES (BY REGION)

 AFRICA (53)

Angola (1964)  Argelia (1961)  Benín (1964)  Botsuana (1970)  Burkina Faso (1973)  Burundi (1964)  Cape Verde (1976)  Cameoon (1964)  Chad (1964)  Comoros (1976) Central African Republic (1964) Côte d’Ivoire  (1973)  Dijibouti(1983) Egypt (1961)  Eritrea (1995) Ethiopia (1961)  Gabon (1970)  Gambia (1973)

Ghana (1961)  Guinea (1961)  Guinea-Bisau (1976) Equatorial Guinea (1971)  Kenya (1964)  Libya (1964)  Lesotho (1970)  Liberia (1964)  Madagascar (1973)  Malawi (1964)  Mali (1961) Morocco (1962) Mauritius (1973)  Mauritania (1964)  Mozambique (1976)  Namibia (1979)  Niger (1973)  Nigeria (1964)

Democratic Republic of Congo (1961)  República Centroafricana (1964)  Rwanda (1970) Sao Tomé and Prince (1976)  Senegal (1964)  Seychelles (1976)  Sierra Leone (1964)  Somalia (1961) South Africa (1994)  Sudan (1961) Swaziland (1970)  Tanzania (1964)  Togo (1964) Tunisia (1961)  Uganda (1964)  Zambia (1964)  Zimbabwe (1979)

ASIA (39)

Afghanistan (1961) Saudi Arabia (1961) Bahrain (1973) Bangladesh (1973) Brunei Darussalam (1993) Bhutan (1973) Cambodia (1961) Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (1976) United Arab Emirates (1970) Fiji  Filipinas (1993)  India (1961)  Indonesia (1961)  Irak (1961)  Iran (1979) Jordan (1964)  Kuwait (1964)  Laos (1964)  Líbano (1961)

Malaysia (1970)  Maldives (1976)  Mongolia (1993)  Myanmar (1961)  Nepal (1961)  Oman (1973)  Pakistan (1979) State of Palestine (1976) Papua New Guinea Qatar (1973) Singapore (1970) Syria (1964)  Sri Lanka (1961) Thailand(1993)  Timor Oriental (2003) Turkmenistan (1995) Uzbekistan (1993) Vanuatu  Vietnam (1976)  Yemen (1961)

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (26)

Antigua y Barbuda (2006)  Bahamas (1983)  Barbados (1983)  Belize (1976)  Bolivia (1979)  Chile (1973)  Colombia (1983)  Cuba (1961)  Dominica (2006)  Ecuador (1983)  Grenada (1979)  Guatemala (1993)  Guyana (1970)  Haiti (2006) Honduras (1995)

Jamaica (1970)  Nicaragua (1979)  Panama (1976)  Peru (1972) Dominican Republic (2000) Saint Kitts and Nevis (2003) San Vincent and the Grenadines (2006) Saint Lucia (1983) Suriname (1983) Trinidad and Tobago (1970)  Venezuela (1989)

EUROPE (2)

Azerbaijan  Belarus

 

OBSERVER COUNTRIES (17)

Argentina

Armenia

Brazil

Bosnia y Herzegovina

China

Costa Rica

Croatia

El Salvador

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Mexico

Montenegro

Paraguay

Serbia

Tajikistan

Ukraine

Uruguay

 

OBSERVER ORGANIZATIONS (10)

• African Union
• Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organization
• Arab League
• Commonwealth of Nations
• Hostosian National Independence Movement
• Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS)
• Organization of Islamic Cooperation
• South Center
• United Nations Organization (UN)
• World Peace Council