Member state

Belgium at the United Nations

Flag of Belgium
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Admitted
1945-12-27
ISO 3166-1
BE / BEL
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-12-27

A founding Member State: one of the fifty-one that signed the Charter at San Francisco in 1945.

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 1945-12-27
European Union 1957-03-25

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

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Human Rights Council

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Security Council

2020 2019 2008 2007 1992 1991 1972 1971 1956 1955 1948 1947

Permanent representatives

7 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Philippe Kridelka 2020in office / not recorded
Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve 20162020
Bénédicte Frankinet 20132016
Jan Grauls 20082012
Johan C. Verbeke 20042008
Jean de Ruyt 20012004
André Adam 19982001

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations, One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 885 Second Avenue, 41st Floor, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
National Day, 21 July
Accredited diplomats
13

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1970
CO2 emissions per capita 7.30662 2024
GDP 7.25466e+11 2025
GNI per capita 59,500 2025
Life expectancy at birth 82.3 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1.27705 2024
Population 1.19418e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 186,393 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 113 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

73 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 224,272 words in all. The longest was 1962, at 6,292 words, delivered by Mr. SPAAK.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Prime Minister ×12, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×9, Deputy Prime Minister ×8, Prime Minister in charge of Beliris and Federal Cultural Institutions ×1. 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 Belgium
Coat of arms. Great coat of arms of Belgium.svg by Arrêté royal du 17 Mars 1837 sur le sceau de l'État}}}} (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Belgium
Location. EU-Belgium.svg by NuclearVacuum (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

145 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
Charter of the United Nations - 27 Dec 1945
Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes - 23 Dec 1949 a
Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes - 23 Dec 1949 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 25 Sep 1948 a
United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property 22 Apr 2005 -
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 14 Mar 1962 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 23 Oct 1961 2 May 1968
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 2 May 1968 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 23 Oct 1961 2 May 1968
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 31 Mar 1964 9 Sep 1970
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 9 Sep 1970 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 31 Mar 1964 9 Sep 1970
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 12 Dec 1949 5 Sep 1951
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 16 Dec 1991
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 12 Jul 1990 8 Dec 1998
Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean 18 Nov 1993 27 Jun 1996
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 2 Jul 2009
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 2 Jun 2011
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 17 Aug 1967 7 Aug 1975
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 10 Dec 1968 21 Apr 1983
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 10 Dec 1968 21 Apr 1983
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 17 May 1994 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 10 Jul 1985
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 10 Jul 1985
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4 Feb 1985 25 Jun 1999
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 25 Jun 1948 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 25 Jun 1948 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 22 Jan 2004 1 Nov 2005
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 1 Jul 2014 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 8 Apr 1969 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 - 11 Dec 1946 s
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 21 Nov 1951 A
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium - 30 Jun 1958 a
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 28 Jul 1961 17 Oct 1969
Convention on psychotropic substances - 25 Oct 1995 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 13 Jun 1984
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 22 May 1989 25 Oct 1995
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 - 12 Nov 1947 s
Protocol amending the International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, signed at Paris on 18 May 1904, and the International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, signed at Paris on 4 May 1910 20 May 1949 13 Oct 1952 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 - 12 Nov 1947 s
Protocol amending the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris, on 4 May 1910 20 May 1949 13 Oct 1952 A
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 31 Oct 1996 a
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships 14 Mar 2024 -
Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States 30 Dec 1965 21 Apr 1970
Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank 31 Jan 1966 16 Aug 1966
Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods - 1 Aug 2008 a
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 16 Mar 1977 9 Dec 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization [ 5 Oct 1979 ] [18 Nov 1981 ] (withdrawn)
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 18 May 1956 18 Feb 1963
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats 18 May 1956 18 Feb 1963
Customs Convention concerning spare parts used for repairing EUROP wagons [ 5 Feb 1958 ] [10 Sep 1959 ] (withdrawn)
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 4 Mar 1959 14 Mar 1962
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport 21 Feb 1961 14 Mar 1962
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 22 Dec 1976 20 Dec 1982
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods 31 Jan 1984 12 Jun 1987
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring 4 Jun 1954 21 Feb 1955
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material 4 Jun 1954 21 Feb 1955
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 4 Jun 1954 21 Feb 1955
Customs Convention on Containers 18 May 1956 27 May 1960
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic 18 May 1956 -
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) 19 May 1956 18 Sep 1962
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) 18 Oct 1957 25 Aug 1960
European Agreement on Road Markings 14 Jan 1958 28 Aug 1958
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 - 7 Jul 1959 a
Agreement on Special Equipment for the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Use of such Equipment for the International Transport of some of those Foodstuffs 29 Jun 1962 -
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 29 May 1962 -
Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied 19 Sep 1949 23 Apr 1954
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 15 Jan 1971 30 Dec 1977
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 - 1 Oct 1979 a
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on road traffic opened for signature at Vienna on 8 November 1968 28 Oct 1971 16 Nov 1988
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals 28 Oct 1971 16 Nov 1988
Protocol on Road Markings, additional to the European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals 13 Aug 1973 16 Nov 1988
European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) - 15 Apr 1985 a
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals 19 Sep 1949 23 Apr 1954
Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections 13 Nov 1997 -
European Agreement supplementing the 1949 Convention on road traffic and the 1949 Protocol on road signs and signals 16 Sep 1950 23 Apr 1954
European Agreement on the application of article 3 of annex 7 of the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic Concerning the Dimensions and Weights of Vehicles Permitted to Travel on Certain Roads of the Contracting Parties 16 Sep 1950 23 Apr 1954
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 16 Sep 1950 23 Apr 1954
Declaration on the construction of main international traffic arteries 16 Sep 1950 23 Apr 1954
General Agreement on Economic Regulations for International Road transport (a) Additional Protocol (b) Protocol of Signature 17 Mar 1954 -
Agreement on Signs for Road Works, amending the European Agreement of 16 September 1950 supplementing the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic and the 1949 Protocol on Road Signs and Signals 1 16 Dec 1955 28 May 1956
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for passengers and baggage carried by rail 10 Jan 1952 22 Jul 1953
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for goods carried by rail 10 Jan 1952 22 Jul 1953
European Agreement on Main International Railway Lines (AGC) - 6 Aug 1999 a
European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) - 17 Jun 2014 a
European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) 30 Oct 1991 6 Aug 1999
Convention on the International Maritime Organization 6 Mar 1948 9 Aug 1951 A
Convention relating to the unification of certain rules concerning collisions in inland navigation 15 Jun 1960 -
Convention on the registration of inland navigation vessels 31 Dec 1965 -
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences [30 Jun 1975 ] [30 Sep 1987 ] (withdrawn)
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials 22 Nov 1950 31 Oct 1957
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations 26 Oct 1961 2 Jul 1999
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 18 Jun 1980 25 Sep 1986
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 25 Apr 2008 28 Jul 2015
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 20 May 1964 a
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 24 Feb 1954 13 Dec 1962 A
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 10 Sep 1998 28 Jun 2000
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 27 Sep 2001 17 May 2004
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 27 Sep 2001 17 May 2004
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 12 Dec 2000 11 Aug 2004
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 11 Sep 2002 28 Mar 2005
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 25 Sep 2008
United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and Communications Technology Systems and for the Sharing of Evidence in Electronic Form of Serious Crimes 25 Oct 2025 -
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 3 Jan 1980 16 Apr 1999
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries - 31 May 2002 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 19 May 2004 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 21 Dec 1995 19 Feb 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 12 Jan 1998 20 May 2005
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 12 Jan 1998 20 May 2005
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone - 6 Jan 1972 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 Sep 2023 9 Jun 2025
Convention on the High Seas - 6 Jan 1972 a
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas - 6 Jan 1972 a
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 6 Jan 1972 s
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 3 Oct 1996 19 Dec 2003
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 19 Mar 1999 30 Mar 2007
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 10 Jun 1958 18 Aug 1975
European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 21 Apr 1961 9 Oct 1975
United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration 15 Sep 2015 -
United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration 15 Sep 2015 -
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations 9 Jun 1987 1 Sep 1992
Agreement governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies - 29 Jun 2004 a
Convention relating to the distribution of programme-carrying signals transmitted by satellite 21 May 1974 -
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations - 2 Jul 2010 a
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 12 Jul 1982
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) 10 Apr 1981 7 Feb 1995
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 27 Jan 1997
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 29 Jun 1999
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 4 Sep 1998
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 22 Dec 2009
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 3 Jun 2014
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution 13 Nov 1979 15 Jul 1982
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 30 Jun 1997 a
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 21 Jan 2003
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 23 Oct 2002
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 25 May 2006
Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and to the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 21 May 2003 -
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 26 Feb 2018
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 22 Mar 1985 17 Oct 1988
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1989 1 Nov 1993
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 26 Feb 1991 2 Jul 1999
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 18 Mar 1992 8 Nov 2000
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 18 Mar 1992 6 Apr 2006
Convention on Biological Diversity 5 Jun 1992 22 Nov 1996
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas 6 Nov 1992 14 May 1993

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

Every fact on this page, with where it came from and how sure we are.

AttributeValueSourceConfidenceFetched
iso2BE wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.905233+00:00
iso3BEL wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.905244+00:00
m4956 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.141325+00:00
nameBelgium wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.905211+00:00
un_admission_date1945-12-27 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.905223+00:00
unsd_nameBelgium un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.141330+00:00

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