Current Position

Consequent upon the decision taken in the XXI Conference of ISC held at Chiang Mai, Thailand, on 16th December 2011, the Office of the ISC was shifted from Lyon, France to Bangalore, India. The brand new Office of ISC with all modern facilities started functioning from 1^st January 2013 from the Office premises of the Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India, CSB Complex, Madiwala, Bangalore.  The office is ideally located near to the major silk producing areas of India, at the same time well connected with important places of the world.  Bangalore is also known as the Silk City of India.

MEMBER COUNTRIES

There are 23 member countries in ISC.  They are:

Flag	Country	Date of joining	Instrument of Accession
	Afghanistan	01/01/2015	Afghanistan Convention
	Bangladesh	23/06/2014	Bangladesh Convention
	Brazil	10/10/1977	Brazil Convention
	Cuba	14/08/2024	Cuba Convention
	DPR Korea	19/02/2014	DPR Korea Convention
	Egypt	21/02/1980	Egypt Convention
	France	01/01/1957	France Convention
	Ghana	01/08/2016	Ghana Convention
	Greece	10/07/2004	Greece Convention
	India	19/01/1959	India Convention
	Indonesia	25/05/1992	Indonesia Convention
	Iran	28/05/1975	Iran Convention
	Japan	23/03/1961	Japan Convention
	Kenya	29/01/2016	Kenya Convention
	Madagascar	29/09/1961	Madagascar Convention
	Nepal	08/06/2017	Democratic Republic of Nepal Convention
	Romania	12/02/1959	Romania Convention
	Syria	20/08/2007	Syria Convention
	Thailand	12/02/1981	Thailand Convention
	Tunisia	12/11/1967	Tunisia Convention
	Uganda	20/09/2019	Uganda Convention
	Uzbekistan	22/09/2017	Republic of Uzbekistan
	Zimbabwe	18/07/2024	Zimbabwe Convention

Each of these countries are represented by the National Delegates appointed by the respective Governments.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS