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title: "CERN"
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chunk: 5/8
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CERN"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T12:40:06.396246+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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Turkey signed an association agreement on 12 May 2014 and became an associate member on 6 May 2015.
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Pakistan signed an association agreement on 19 December 2014 and became an associate member on 31 July 2015.
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Cyprus signed an association agreement on 5 October 2012 and became an associate member in the pre-stage to membership on 1 April 2016.
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Ukraine signed an association agreement on 3 October 2013. The agreement was ratified on 5 October 2016.
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India signed an association agreement on 21 November 2016. The agreement was ratified on 16 January 2017.
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Slovenia was approved for admission as an Associate Member state in the pre-stage to membership on 16 December 2016. The agreement was ratified on 4 July 2017.
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Lithuania was approved for admission as an Associate Member state on 16 June 2017. The association agreement was signed on 27 June 2017 and ratified on 8 January 2018.
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Croatia was approved for admission as an Associate Member state on 28 February 2019. The agreement was ratified on 10 October 2019.
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Latvia and CERN signed an associate membership agreement on 14 April 2021. Latvia was formally admitted as an Associate Member on 2 August 2021.
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Brazil became the first associate member of the Americas on 13 March 2024, after signing the associate membership agreement in March 2022.
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Chile and Ireland were approved as new Associate Member States in March 2025. Ireland was admitted on 22 October 2025. Chile officially became an associate member state on 2 April 2026.
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=== International relations ===
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Three countries have observer status:
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Japan – since 1995
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Russia – since 1993 (suspended as of March 2022)
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United States – since 1997
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Also observers are the following international organizations:
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UNESCO – since 1954
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European Commission – since 1985
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JINR – since 2014 (suspended as of March 2022)
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Non-Member States (with dates of Co-operation Agreements) currently involved in CERN programmes are:
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CERN also has scientific contacts with the following other countries and regions:
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International research institutions, such as CERN, can aid in science diplomacy.
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=== Associated institutions ===
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A large number of institutes around the world are associated to CERN through current collaboration agreements and/or historical links. The list below contains organizations represented as observers to the CERN Council, organizations to which CERN is an observer and organizations based on the CERN model:
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European Molecular Biology Laboratory, organization based on the CERN model
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European Space Research Organisation (since 1975 ESA), organization based on the CERN model
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European Southern Observatory, organization based on the CERN model. Also, the two organisations share a pension fund for their employees.
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JINR, observer to CERN Council, CERN is represented in the JINR Council. JINR is currently suspended, due to the CERN Council Resolution of 25 March 2022.
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SESAME, CERN is an observer to the SESAME Council
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UNESCO, observer to CERN Council
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== .cern ==
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.cern is a top-level domain for CERN. It was registered on 13 August 2014. On 20 October 2015, CERN moved its main website to Home | CERN. |