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ASIAN-AFRICAN LEGAL CONSULTATIVE ORGANIZATION (AALCO)

Member States

Membership of the Organization is open to all Asian and African States that desire to participate in the Organization in accordance with its Statutes and Statutory Rules (Article 2(3) of the Statutes). Any such State desirous of membership has to address a written communication to the Secretary-General of the AALCO intimating its desire to participate in the Organization and stating its acceptance of the Statutes and Statutory Rules. The communication when received is circulated among the Member Governments with a request for submission of their comments within a period of six weeks. Unless objections are received from not less than one-third of the total membership of the Organization, the State concerned is thereafter declared admitted as a member.

AALCO presently have Forty-Nine countries as its members, comprising almost all the major States from Asia and Africa. Observers from non-Member States, regional, inter-regional and international organizations and specialized agencies and national liberation movements recognized by the United Nations are admitted as Observers to attend the Annual Sessions of the Organization. Australia and New Zealand have the status of Permanent Observers.

AALCO MEMBER STATES
Member		Year of Joining AALCO	Focal Ministry
Asia
1.	Kingdom of Bahrain	1993	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.bh/
2.	People's Republic of Bangladesh	1974	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.bd/
3.	Brunei Darussalam	2003	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofat.gov.bn/
4.	People's Republic of China	1983	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/
5.	Republic of Cyprus	1980	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.cy/
6.	Republic of India	1956	Ministry of External Affairs http://www.mea.gov.in/
7.	Republic of Indonesia	1956	Ministry of Law https://www.ministryoflawandhumanrights.org/
8.	Islamic Republic of Iran	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://en.mfa.ir/
9.	Republic of Iraq	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.iq/en/
10.	Japan	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.go.jp/
11.	Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	1968	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://jordan.gov.jo/
12.	State of Kuwait	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://mofa.gov.kw/
13.	Republic of Lebanon	1999	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants http://www.emigrants.gov.lb/
14.	Malaysia	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.kln.gov.my
15.	Mongolia	1980	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.mn/?lang=en
16.	Republic of the Union of Myanmar	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.mm/
17.	Nepal	1971	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://mofa.gov.np/
18.	DPR Korea	1974	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.kp/en/
19.	Sultanate of Oman	1976	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mofa.gov.om/
20.	Islamic Republic of Pakistan	1958	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.pk/
21.	State of Qatar	1976	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mofa.gov.qa/
22.	Republic of Korea	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mofa.go.kr/
23.	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	1975	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.sa/
24.	Republic of Singapore	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mfa.gov.sg/
25.	Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.lk/
26.	State of Palestine	1990	Ministry of Justice http://www.moj.pna.ps/
27.	Republic of Philippines	2019	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.dfa.gov.ph/
28.	Syrian Arab Republic	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.sy/
29.	Kingdom of Thailand	1961	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.go.th/
30.	Republic of Türkiye	1975	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.tr/
31.	Socialist Republic of Vietnam	2017	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.vn/en
32.	Republic of Yemen	1976	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mofa-ye.org/
Africa
33.	Arab Republic of Egypt	1956	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.eg/
34.	Burkina Faso	2024	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
35.	Republic of Cameroon	2006	Presidency of the Republic https://www.prc.cm/en/
36.	Republic of Djibouti	2024	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
37.	Republic of Gambia	1974	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mofa.gov.gm/
38.	Republic of Ghana	1963	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://mfa.gov.gh/
39.	Republic of Kenya	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.go.ke/
40.	State of Libya	1976	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.foreign.gov.ly
41.	Republic of Mauritius	1972	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://foreign.govmu.org/
42.	Federal Republic of Nigeria	1970	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.ng/
43.	Republic of Senegal	1980	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.diplomatie.gouv.sn/
44.	Republic of Sierra Leone	1969	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://foreignaffairs.gov.sl/
45.	Republic of Somalia	1976	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.mfa.gov.so/
46.	Republic of South Africa	2004	International Relations and Cooperation http://www.dirco.gov.za/
47.	Republic of the Sudan	1986	Ministry of Foreign Affairs www.mofa.gov.sd/en/
48.	United Republic of Tanzania	1973	Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://www.foreign.go.tz/
49.	Republic of Uganda	1979	Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://www.mofa.go.ug/