Membership in International Organizations: The major organizations in which Colombia is a member include: the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Andean Pact, Caribbean Development Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Group of 3, Group of 11, Group of 24, Group of 77, Inter-American Development Bank, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Chamber of Commerce, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Criminal Police Organization, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Labour Organization, International Maritime Organization, International Maritime Satellite Organization, International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Migration, International Organization for Standardization, International Telecommunication Union, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, International Trade Union Confederation, Latin American Economic System, Latin American Integration Association, Latin Union, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of American States ( OAS ), Permanent Court of Arbitration, Rio Group, United Nations ( UN ), UN Conference on Trade and Development, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, Universal Postal Union, World Confederation of Labour, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Tourism Organization, and World Trade Organization.

Membership in international organizations includes the United Nations, Organization of African Unity, African Development Bank, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ), Economic Commission for Central African States, Central African Customs and Economic Union, International Coffee Organization, Union of Central African States, INTELSAT, International Criminal Police Organization-Interpol, Non-Aligned Movement, and Group of 77.

# Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.

Membership is for former and present officers and enlisted personnel of the United States Coast Guard, and designated pilots of other military services and foreign governments who have piloted Coast Guard aircraft while involved in exchange programs between the Coast Guard and their respective service or government.

Membership with the World Bank, under the aegis of Ranjit Nayak, the World Bank Representative in Kosovo ( since February 2007 ), has resulted in Kosovo being treated by the World Bank as its 186th member country, and no longer under the United Nations Security Council Resolution No. 1244.

In the United Kingdom, Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists is not a prerequisite of appointment as a Coroner's Medical Expert, i. e. doctors in the UK that are not forensic pathologists or pathologists are allowed to perform medicolegal autopsies, simply because of the vague wording of ' The Coroners Act ', which merely stipulates a ' suitably qualified medical practitioner ', i. e. anyone on the GMC Register.

Successful candidates are eligible for inclusion on the specialist register of the General Medical Council ( GMC ) having obtained Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists ( United Kingdom ).

Membership in the school is not generally extended to Schoenberg's many pupils in the United States from 1933, such as John Cage, Leon Kirchner and Gerald Strang, nor to many other composers who, at a greater remove, wrote compositions evocative of the Second Viennese style, such as the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.

Membership in the United Mine Workers union is a useful measure of the importance of mining.

Membership was at 274, 000 by 1974 in 1, 300 communities of the United States.

Membership in the DAR today is open to all women, regardless of race or religion, who can prove lineal bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving United States independence.

Membership is limited to descendants of ancestors who " rendered loyal service for Texas " prior to February 19, 1846, the date the Republic ceased to exist and Texas handed over authority to the United States.

Membership outside of the United States grew rapidly.

Membership in the American Law Institute is limited to 4000 judges, lawyers, and legal scholars from a wide range of practice areas, from all areas of the United States and from many foreign countries.

However, those events were largely overshadowed when the commissioners passed a statement called Membership, Ministry and Human Sexuality that stated " all persons, regardless of sexual orientation, who profess their faith in Jesus Christ are welcome to be or become members of The United Church of Canada " and that " all members of the United Church are eligible to be considered for ordered ministry.

Membership in the United States and Canada in 2011 was 663, 901 ( an increase of 526 or 0. 08 % in the past year ), and only 1. 2 % in the previous decade, the largest of any nation ( 31. 04 % of the total church membership ).

* Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, Glenmary Research Center

* Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, Glenmary Research Center

* Churches and Church Membership in the United States ( 1990 ), Glenmary Research Center

Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000

* Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, Glenmary Research Center

The Churches and Church Membership in the United States 1990 survey found over 54, 000 members in 436 churches and 24 associations.

* Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States ( 2000 ), Glenmary Research Center

Membership in the Order includes friars, nuns, congregations of active sisters, and lay persons affiliated with the order ( formerly known as tertiaries, now Lay or Secular Dominicans ).

Blunden's public honours included the C. B. E., 1951 ; the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, 1956 ; The Royal Society of Literature's Benson Medal ; the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class ( Japan ), 1963 ; and Honorary Membership of the Japan Academy.

For his charity work and services to broadcasting he was awarded an MBE ( Membership of the Order of the British Empire ) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the 2005 New Year's Honours.

Membership of the Order of Saint Lazarus is by invitation only and is an honour granted by the Grand Magistry of the order.

The Orders of Saint John: The History, Structure, Membership and Modern Role of the Five Hospitaller Orders of Saint John of Jerusalem ; New York: The American Society of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John in Jerusalem, 1991.

Membership in the Order of the Black Eagle was limited to a small number of knights, and was divided into two classes: members of reigning houses ( further divided into members of the House of Hohenzollern and members of other houses, both German and foreign ) and capitular knights.

" Membership in The Order is open to persons of all Christian denominations who seek to live the sacramental life in accordance with our Rule of Life and Service, in community with and acceptance of their brothers and sisters in the Order.

In 2005 he was awarded a Membership of the Order of Australia for service to international relations, particularly as Director of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney and through the establishment of the Sydney Peace Prize.

Membership in the party was as much a prerequisite for admission to colleges and for government jobs as in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin or Nikita Krushchev.

Membership in guilds was an indirect form of citizenship in that it helped their members succeed financially.

Membership was estimated at 40, 000.

Membership had its risks, however, especially in the 1930s when the party was subjected to purges under Joseph Stalin.

Membership in the party was not open.

Membership of the Dopolavoro was voluntary, but it had high participation because of its nonpolitical nature.

For example, a Dinosaur is a member who was active before the first Worldcon ( World Science Fiction Convention ) held on July 4, 1939, while Associate Membership requires provable activity in fandom for more than three decades.

His book about his discovery was printed in Leipzig in 1917, under the title The Language of the Hittites ; Its Structure and Its Membership in the Indo-European Linguistic Family.

Johnson was elected by the ITU Membership to the directorship for a 4-year term in November 2006 and was reelected for a second term starting January 2011.

Membership was reduced to 17, 000.

The loyalty card concept was used by some co-operatives to restore dividend payments at the turn of the 21st century, notably by the CWS's " Dividend " card, which was replaced by The Co-operative Membership card program, adopted by several larger co-operatives.

Membership in the party was opened to anyone prepared to pay a token fee.

Membership was restricted to Protestants between the ages of 16 and 60.

Membership in both the Bolshevik and Menshevik ranks diminished from 1907 to 1908 and the number of people taking part in strikes in 1907 was 26 percent of the figure during the year of the revolution in 1905, it dropped in 1908 to 6 percent of that figure, and in 1910 it was 2 percent of that figure.

Kuhn later recollected that the Charter Membership was a " brouhaha ( bordering on a flame fest )" and took no action.

Membership was mandatory for all artists in the Reich.

Membership of the senatorial order was a prerequisite to attain the standard succession of offices known as the cursus honorum, and to gain entry into the Roman Senate.

Membership was opened to individuals, with corporate membership being in the form of sponsorship.

Membership in the Shakers dwindled in the late 19th century for several reasons: people were attracted to cities and away from the farms ; Shaker products could not compete with mass-produced products that became available at a much lower cost ; and Shakers could not have children, so adoption was a major source of new members.

Membership in the Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturers ' Association, formed in 1919, was limited to licensees under his patents.

Membership was selected with regard to equitable geographical distribution.

Membership might include some benefits such as billing, and dialing the default 00 prefix instead of the need to dial the specific prefix of the company ( as it was done in the past, when Bezeq had a monopoly in this field ).