Israel medlem av OECD

Israel har fått inbjudan att bli medlem av OECD. I Israel hälsas beslutet med glädje. Palestiniernas premiärminister och pro-palestinska grupper har försökt förhindra ett israeliskt medlemskap men OECD länderna var eniga i sitt beslut.

Accession : Estonia, Israel and Slovenia invited to join OECD
"10/05/2010 – OECD countries agreed today to invite Estonia, Israel and Slovenia to become members of the Organisation, paving the way for the Organisation’s membership to grow to 34 countries.
“Estonia, Israel and Slovenia, along with Chile that has just deposited its instrument to become a full member, will contribute to a more plural and open OECD that is playing an increasingly important role in the global economic architecture,” OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said."

PM celebrates Israel’s OECD accession
"Israel's accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a significant advance in the state's international relations, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at a press conference on Monday afternoon."

OECD:s medlemsländer:
OECD MEMBER COUNTRIES
Twenty countries originally signed the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on 14 December 1960. Since then eleven countries have become members of the Organisation. The Member countries of the Organisation and the dates on which they deposited their instruments of ratification are:
AUSTRALIA: 7 June 1971
AUSTRIA: 29 September 1961
BELGIUM: 13 September 1961
CANADA: 10 April 1961
CHILE: 7 May 2010
CZECH REPUBLIC: 21 December 1995
DENMARK: 30 May 1961
FINLAND: 28 January 1969
FRANCE: 7 August 1961
GERMANY: 27 September 1961
GREECE: 27 September 1961
HUNGARY: 7 May 1996
ICELAND: 5 June 1961
IRELAND: 17 August 1961
ITALY: 29 March 1962
JAPAN: 28 April 1964
KOREA: 12 December 1996
LUXEMBOURG: 7 December 1961
MEXICO: 18 May 1994
NETHERLANDS: 13 November 1961
NEW ZEALAND: 29 May 1973
NORWAY: 4 July 1961
POLAND: 22 November 1996
PORTUGAL: 4 August 1961
SLOVAK REPUBLIC: 14 December 2000
SPAIN: 3 August 1961
SWEDEN: 28 September 1961
SWITZERLAND: 28 September 1961
TURKEY: 2 August 1961
UNITED KINGDOM: 2 May 1961
UNITED STATES: 12 April 1961