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:

    “I declare Billy. I like you so much personally I wish I could vote for you. But bein’ a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, I just as leave cut my throat as to vote for a Democrat.”
    —Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)

    “They will take a state and human nature for their tablet, and begin by making a clean surface.”
    —Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)