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Member state

Albania at the United Nations

Flag of Albania
Flag of Albania.svg by Sadik Kaceli (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1955-12-14
ISO 3166-1
AL / ALB
Admitted by
A/RES/995 (X)

International organisations

Every organisation this state belongs to that is compiled here, with the date it joined. Membership is resolved against this site’s own list of member states rather than taken from a query.

OrganisationJoined
United Nations 1955-12-14

Service on principal organs

Elected terms as recorded by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. A year marked pending is one the Library publishes as a partial list because its elections have not yet been held.

Economic and Social Council

2015 2014 2013 2007 2006 2005

Human Rights Council

2026 2025 2024 2017 2016 2015

Security Council

2023 2022

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Albania to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Albania to the United Nations, 320 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075
National holiday
Independence Day, 28 November
Accredited diplomats
22

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 2001
Adult literacy rate 97.68 2023
CO2 emissions per capita 1.78522 2024
GDP 3.05402e+10 2025
GNI per capita 12,060 2025
Life expectancy at birth 79.776 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2.03786 2024
Net official development assistance received 3.6063e+08 2023
Population 2.34958e+06 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 4,673 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 21,447 2025

World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0. The sparkline shows the shape of each run from its first reported year; the number beside it carries the magnitude, and there is deliberately no axis on it.

General Debate statements

70 statements to the General Debate since 1956, 256,932 words in all. The longest was 1968, at 9,399 words, delivered by Mr. BUDO.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×13, Prime Minister ×10, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×4, Deputy Prime Minister ×2. Earlier years are excluded because UN records do not consistently identify a speaker’s post before 1994, and counting those years as though they did would make any state look as though it sent nobody senior.

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Emblems and location

Coat of arms of Albania
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Albania.svg by Government of Albania (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Albania
Location. Albania (orthographic projection).svg by Marcos Elias de Oliveira Júnior (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

103 actions recorded by the Secretary-General as depositary. Only treaties whose participant counts match the depositary’s own stated totals contribute rows.

TreatySignedRatified or acceded
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 2 Jul 1957 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 15 Dec 2003 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 8 Feb 1988
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 4 Oct 1991 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 12 May 1955 a
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 27 Feb 1992
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - 17 Oct 2007 a
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - 5 Jun 2007 a
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 22 Dec 2009 11 Feb 2013
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 8 Nov 2007
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - 11 May 1994 a
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 4 Oct 1991 a
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 4 Oct 1991 a
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 4 Oct 2007 a
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 19 May 1971 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - 11 May 1994 a
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - 11 May 1994 a
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 26 May 1947 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique - 22 Jul 1946 s
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 29 Jun 2004 26 Apr 2006
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 9 Jul 2003 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 18 Aug 1992 a
Protocol amending the Agreements, Conventions and Protocols on Narcotic Drugs, concluded at The Hague on 23 January 1912, at Geneva on 11 February 1925 and 19 February 1925, and 13 July 1931, at Bangkok on 27 November 1931 and at Geneva on 26 June 1936 - 23 Jun 1947 A
Protocol Bringing under International Control Drugs Outside the Scope of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 11 December 1946 19 Nov 1948 25 Jul 1949 A
Convention on psychotropic substances - 24 Jan 2003 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances - 27 Jun 2001 a
Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 12 November 1947, to amend the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children, concluded at Geneva on 30 September 1921, and the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age, concluded at Geneva on 11 October 1933 - 25 Jul 1949 A
Protocol to amend the Convention for the suppression of the circulation of, and traffic in, obscene publications, concluded at Geneva on 12 September 1923 - 25 Jul 1949 A
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 13 May 2009 a
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development - 3 Nov 1992 a
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization - 19 Apr 1988 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 1 Oct 1969 a
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport - 14 Oct 2008 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 4 Jan 1985 a
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods - 28 Dec 2004 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 9 Aug 2010 a
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 9 Aug 2010 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 5 Sep 2003 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic - 14 Oct 2008 a
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) - 20 Jul 2006 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles Engaged in International Passenger Transport - 14 Oct 2008 a
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) - 26 Jan 2005 a
European Agreement on Road Markings - 4 Jun 2004 a
Agreement concerning the adoption of harmonized technical United Nations Regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these United Nations Regulations - 6 Sep 2011 a
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) - 20 Jul 2006 a
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 - 26 Jan 2005 a
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on road traffic opened for signature at Vienna on 8 November 1968 - 27 Oct 2005 a
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals - 6 Jun 2005 a
Protocol on Road Markings, additional to the European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals - 6 Jun 2005 a
European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) - 2 Aug 2006 a
Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections - 22 Dec 2004 a
Agreement concerning the Establishing of Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be fitted and/or be used on Wheeled Vehicles - 19 Sep 2024 a
European Agreement on the application of article 23 of the 1949 Convention on road traffic, concerning the dimensions and weights of vehicles permitted to travel on certain roads of the Contracting Parties - 14 Oct 2008 a
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for passengers and baggage carried by rail - 22 Apr 2004 a
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for goods carried by rail - 22 Apr 2004 a
European Agreement on Main International Railway Lines (AGC) - 5 Jun 2007 a
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 - 20 Jul 2006 a
International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993 - 9 Aug 2010 a
European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) - 21 May 2008 a
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 24 May 1993 A
United Nations Convention on Conditions for Registration of Ships - 4 Oct 2004 a
International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 - 14 Mar 2011 a
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 1 Jun 2000 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms - 26 Mar 2001 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 - 26 Oct 2011 s
International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015 - 6 Mar 2019 a
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 12 May 1955 a
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 18 Jul 1998 31 Jan 2003
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 18 Dec 2001 10 Apr 2002
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 12 Dec 2000 21 Aug 2002
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court - 2 Aug 2006 a
United Nations Convention against Corruption 18 Dec 2003 25 May 2006
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 22 Jan 2002 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 22 Jan 2002 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel - 30 Mar 2001 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 22 Jan 2002 a
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction 20 Feb 2025 9 Jun 2025
Convention on the High Seas - 7 Dec 1964 a
Convention on the Continental Shelf - 7 Dec 1964 a
Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks - 24 Jun 2026 a
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority - 22 Oct 2015 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 27 Jun 2001 a
European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration - 27 Jun 2001 a
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations - 8 May 2014 a
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations - 3 Sep 2014 a
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (with Protocols I, II and III) - 28 Aug 2002 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 14 Jan 1993 11 May 1994
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 27 Sep 1996 23 Apr 2003
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 8 Sep 1998 29 Feb 2000
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 16 Jun 2009
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 19 Mar 2014
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution - 2 Dec 2005 a
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 27 Apr 2000 a
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 27 Jun 2001
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 9 Aug 2010 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 5 Dec 2001 4 Oct 2004
Minamata Convention on Mercury 9 Oct 2014 26 May 2020
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 8 Oct 1999 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 29 Jun 1999 a
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 26 Feb 1991 4 Oct 1991
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 18 Mar 1992 5 Jan 1994
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 18 Mar 1992 5 Jan 1994
Convention on Biological Diversity - 5 Jan 1994 a

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
A/RES/80/282 - yes
A/RES/80/286 - yes
A/RES/80/296 - yes
A/RES/80/293 B - yes
A/RES/80/294 - yes
A/RES/80/293 A - yes
A/RES/80/297 - yes
A/RES/80/299 - yes

Provenance

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AttributeValueSourceConfidenceFetched
iso2AL wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904045+00:00
iso3ALB wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904058+00:00
m498 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.140510+00:00
nameAlbania wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904005+00:00
un_admission_date1955-12-14 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904015+00:00
unsd_nameAlbania un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.140521+00:00

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