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The new members since 1990 have been Hungary (1990), Poland (1991), Bulgaria (1992), Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic (1993), Andorra (1994), Albania, Latvia, Moldavia, Macedonia, Ukraine (1995), the Russian Federation, Croatia (1996), Georgia (1999), Armenia, Azerbaijan (2001), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002), Serbia and Montenegro (2003), Monaco (2004).
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