Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 29th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview WG4: Inter-regional and Cross-border Coop. & Dev. (Physical) Author(s) Viona Rashica South East European University Tetovo Republic of North Macedonia Title Ways of terminating the membership of states from international governmental organizations File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Viona Rashica Abstract International governmental organizations are important subjects of contemporary international relations. As states face various global problems, although as the most important subjects of international law they do not have enough power to face them on their own, therefore multilateral cooperation is more than necessary. This is the main reason why the membership in international governmental organizations is a priority for many countries. However, there are cases where international organizations have faced with the termination of the membership of states, which occurs in several ways. The main purpose of this paper is to is to explain the ways in which states terminate their membership in international organizations, by attaching some specific examples as well. For the realization of the research are used qualitative methods, based on bibliography that is related to the characteristics of international governmental organizations, and also on the credible Internet sources within which there are valuable data about different cases of the termination of the membership of states from international organizations. The results highlight four ways of the termination of the membership of states from international organizations such as the dissolution of organization in the case of the League of Nations, the disappearance of state in the case of Yugoslavia, the exclusion of state from organization in the case of the recommendation of the General Assembly to expel South Africa from the United Nations, and the withdrawal of state from organization in the case of Brexit. The conclusions of the research aim to contribute to increasing knowledge about the ways in which the membership of states from international governmental organizations terminates. Key words: international governmental organizations, states, membership, termination
