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Brazil at the United Nations

Flag of Brazil
Flag of Brazil.svg by Raimundo Teixeira Mendes (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-10-24
ISO 3166-1
BR / BRA
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-09-21

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 1945-10-24

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

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Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations, 747 Third Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Independence Day, 7 September
Accredited diplomats
45

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1980
Adult literacy rate 94.74 2024
CO2 emissions per capita 2.31826 2024
GDP 2.27992e+12 2025
GNI per capita 10,550 2025
Life expectancy at birth 76.023 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 0.972775 2024
Net official development assistance received 6.99972e+08 2023
Population 2.12812e+08 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 278,966 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 6,306 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

80 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 226,266 words in all. The longest was 1963, at 8,388 words, delivered by Mr. ARAUJO CASTRO.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×22, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×9, Minister for Foregn Affairs ×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 Brazil
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Brazil.svg by Brazilian Government (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Brazil
Location. BRA orthographic.svg by David Ayala (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

95 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 - 21 Sep 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 15 Dec 1949 a
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character 14 Mar 1975 -
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 22 Mar 1963 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 25 Mar 1965
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 11 May 1967
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality 24 Apr 1963 -
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 11 Dec 1948 15 Apr 1952
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 24 Sep 1990
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - 25 Sep 2009 a
Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean 24 Jul 1992 17 Jun 1998
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 1 Aug 2008
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 29 Nov 2010
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 7 Mar 1966 27 Mar 1968
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 24 Jan 1992 a
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 24 Jan 1992 a
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 25 Sep 2009 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 31 Mar 1981 1 Feb 1984
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 31 Mar 1981 1 Feb 1984
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 23 Sep 1985 28 Sep 1989
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 2 Jun 1948 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 2 Jun 1948 A
Agreement on the establishment of the International Vaccine Institute 28 Apr 1997 4 Oct 1999
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 16 Jun 2003 3 Nov 2005
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 25 Oct 2007 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 7 Apr 1972 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 - 17 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 9 Dec 1959 A
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium - 3 Nov 1959 a
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 18 Jun 1964
Convention on psychotropic substances 21 Feb 1971 14 Feb 1973
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 16 May 1973
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 17 Jul 1991
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 17 Mar 1948 6 Apr 1950 A
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 4 May 1949 -
Protocol to amend the Convention for the suppression of the circulation of, and traffic in, obscene publications, concluded at Geneva on 12 September 1923 17 Mar 1948 3 Apr 1950 A
Protocol amending the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris, on 4 May 1910 4 May 1949 -
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 4 Mar 2013 a
Agreement to establish the South Centre 15 Dec 1994 25 Sep 2009
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships 17 Apr 2025 -
Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States 4 Aug 1965 -
Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank - 12 Dec 2012 a
Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods 14 Jun 1974 -
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 13 Apr 1977 2 Nov 1978
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 8 Apr 1979 10 Dec 1980
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 30 Jan 2026 a
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 31 Mar 1978 -
International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993 28 Mar 1994 -
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 4 Mar 1963 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences 23 Jun 1975 -
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character 15 Sep 1949 15 Aug 1962 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations 26 Oct 1961 29 Jun 1965
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms 29 Oct 1971 6 Aug 1975
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 5 May 1986 9 Mar 1990
International Sugar Agreement, 1992 30 Dec 1992 10 Dec 1996
International Cocoa Agreement, 2001 20 Nov 2001 24 Sep 2004
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 9 Sep 2010 18 Oct 2013
International Cocoa Agreement, 2010 7 Jun 2012 9 Nov 2017
Agreement establishing the International Pepper Community - 30 Mar 1981 a
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 20 May 1953 13 Aug 1963
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 11 Feb 1970 a
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 7 Feb 2000 20 Jun 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 10 Nov 2001 16 Sep 2005
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 12 Dec 2000 29 Jan 2004
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 17 May 2004 12 Dec 2011
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2003 15 Jun 2005
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 - 8 Mar 2000 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 7 Jun 1999 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 3 Feb 1995 6 Sep 2000
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 12 Mar 1999 23 Aug 2002
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 21 Sep 2023 16 Dec 2025
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 4 Dec 1995 8 Mar 2000
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority 27 Aug 1998 16 Nov 2007
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 7 Jun 2002 a
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 4 Jun 2021 6 Aug 2025
Vienna Convention on succession of States in respect of treaties 23 Aug 1978 7 Feb 2019
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations 21 Mar 1986 -
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 12 Mar 1999 -
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 9 Nov 1977 12 Oct 1984
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) - 3 Oct 1995 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 13 Mar 1996
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 24 Jul 1998
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 30 Apr 1999
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 14 Aug 2018
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20 Sep 2017 -
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 14 Oct 1994 25 Jun 1997
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 16 Jun 2004
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 16 Jun 2004
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 8 Aug 2017
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean 27 Sep 2018 -
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 19 Mar 1990 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 1 Oct 1992 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 5 Jun 1992 28 Feb 1994

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
iso2BR wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903331+00:00
iso3BRA wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903341+00:00
m4976 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135679+00:00
nameBrazil wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903312+00:00
un_admission_date1945-10-24 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903322+00:00
unsd_nameBrazil un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135690+00:00

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