Member State

A member state is a state that is a member of an international organisation.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has members that are sovereign states and members that are not, thus WTO members are not called member states.

Read more about Member State:  Worldwide, Worldwide - Language Related, Worldwide - Religion Related, Worldwide - Commodity Related, Restricted To A Continent or Larger Region, Military

Famous quotes containing the words member and/or state:

    If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.
    Art Buchwald (b. 1925)

    The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.
    Emma Goldman (1869–1940)