Editing CERN (section)

=== Enlargement ===


Associate Members, Candidates:
* Turkey signed an association agreement on 12 May 2014<ref name="TUR">{{cite web |url=https://home.cern/about/updates/2014/05/turkey-become-associate-member-state-cern |website=CERN press release |publisher=CERN |title=Turkey to become Associate Member State of CERN |date=12 May 2014 |access-date=5 July 2014}}</ref> and became an associate member on 6 May 2015.
* Pakistan signed an association agreement on 19 December 2014<ref name="PAK">{{cite web |date=20 June 2014 |title=Pakistan Becomes the First Associate CERN Member from Asia |url=https://www.mofa.gov.pk/pr-details.php?prID=2050 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626192200/http://www.mofa.gov.pk/pr-details.php?prID=2050 |archive-date=26 Jun 2018 |access-date=5 July 2014 |website=Government of Pakistan press releases |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan}}</ref> and became an associate member on 31 July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title = Pakistan becomes Associate Member State of CERN |url = https://home.cern/about/updates/2015/07/pakistan-becomes-associate-member-state-cern|website = CERN|access-date = 1 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Pakistan officially becomes an associate member of CERN – The Express Tribune| date=31 July 2015 |url = https://tribune.com.pk/story/930265/pakistan-officially-becomes-an-associate-member-of-cern/|access-date = 1 August 2015}}</ref>
* Cyprus signed an association agreement on 5 October 2012 and became an associate member in the pre-stage to membership on 1 April 2016.<ref name="cyprus-assoc" />
* Ukraine signed an association agreement on 3 October 2013. The agreement was ratified on 5 October 2016.<ref name="ukraine" />
* India signed an association agreement on 21 November 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://press.cern/press-releases/2016/11/india-become-associate-member-state-cern |title=India to become Associate Member State of CERN |date=21 November 2016}}</ref> The agreement was ratified on 16 January 2017.<ref name="india" />
* Slovenia was approved for admission as an Associate Member state in the pre-stage to membership on 16 December 2016.<ref name="slovenia-assoc" /> The agreement was ratified on 4 July 2017.<ref name="slovenia-assoc-ratify" />
* 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.<ref name="lithuania-assoc-lrp">{{cite web|url=https://www.lrp.lt/en/press-centre/press-releases/lithuania-has-become-associate-member-of-cern/27822|title=Lithuania has become associate member of CERN|website=lrp.lt}}</ref><ref name="lithuania-assoc-cern">{{cite web |author=Jarlett |first=Harriet Kim |date=8 January 2018 |title=Lithuania becomes Associate Member State of CERN |url=https://home.cern/about/updates/2018/01/lithuania-becomes-associate-member-state-cern |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314173513/https://home.cern/about/updates/2018/01/lithuania-becomes-associate-member-state-cern |archive-date=14 March 2018 |access-date=8 January 2018 |website=CERN}}</ref>
* Croatia was approved for admission as an Associate Member state on 28 February 2019. The agreement was ratified on 10 October 2019.<ref name="international-relations.web.cern.ch" />
* Latvia and CERN signed an associate membership agreement on 14 April 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Latvia to join CERN as an Associate Member State |url=https://home.cern/news/press-release/cern/latvia-join-cern-associate-member-state |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=CERN |date=14 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Latvia was formally admitted as an Associate Member on 2 August 2021.<ref name="latvia-becomes-AMS-cern" />
* Brazil became the first associate member of the Americas on 13 March 2024, after signing the associate membership agreement in March 2022.<ref name="brazil-becomes-AMS-cern" />
* Chile and Ireland were approved as new Associate Member States, subject to completion of the necessary accession and ratification processes in the countries on March 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gianotti |first=Fabiola |date=2025-04-04 |title=News from the March 2025 CERN Council Session |url=https://home.cern/news/opinion/cern/news-march-2025-cern-council-session |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=CERN |language=en}}</ref>