<P> WIPO currently has 191 member states . 186 of the UN Members as well as the Holy See, Niue and the Cook Islands are Members of WIPO . Non-members are the states of Kosovo, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, and the states with limited recognition . Palestine has observer status . </P> <Ul> <Li> 27 March 2000 Dominican Republic joins </Li> <Li> 2 March 2012 Vanuatu joins </Li> <Li> 2017 East Timor and the Marshall Islands join <ref> (1) </Li> </Ul> <Li> 27 March 2000 Dominican Republic joins </Li> <Li> 2 March 2012 Vanuatu joins </Li>

India became member of wipo in which year