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:

    “In song and dance man expresses himself as a member of a higher community: he has forgotten how to walk and speak and is on the way toward flying up into the air, dancing.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.”
    —Aristotle (384–323 B.C.)