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Costa Rica at the United Nations

Flag of Costa Rica
Flag of Costa Rica.svg by See File history below for details (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-11-02
ISO 3166-1
CR / CRI
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-11-02

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
Universal Postal Union 1883-01-01
International Telecommunication Union 1932-09-13
United Nations 1945-11-02
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1946-01-08
Organization of American States 1948
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1950-05-19
World Meteorological Organization 1960-12-16
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2021-05
World Health Organization not recorded
World Trade Organization not recorded

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

2025 2024 2023 2007 2006 2005 2002 2001 2000 1996 1995 1994 1986 1985 1984 1960 1959 1958

Human Rights Council

2025 2024 2023 2014 2013 2012 2011

Security Council

2009 2008 1998 1997 1975 1974

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations, 211 East 43rd Street, Suite 1002, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Independence Day, 15 September
Accredited diplomats
7

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1984
Adult literacy rate 97.41 2011
CO2 emissions per capita 1.63284 2024
GDP 1.02905e+11 2025
GNI per capita 17,930 2025
Life expectancy at birth 80.996 2024
Net official development assistance received 1.44591e+08 2023
Population 5.15295e+06 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 36,395 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 367 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 1951, 216,389 words in all. The longest was 1980, at 6,618 words, delivered by Niehaus Quesada.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×17, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×8, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×3, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship ×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 Costa Rica
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Costa Rica.svg by original from xrmap flag collection 2.9, HansenBCN (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Costa Rica
Location. Costa Rica (orthographic projection).svg by Keepscases (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

87 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 - 2 Nov 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 26 Oct 1949 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 14 Feb 1962 9 Nov 1964
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 9 Nov 1964 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 6 Jun 1963 29 Dec 1966
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 14 Oct 1950 a
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 21 Aug 1990
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 14 Feb 1990 5 Jun 1998
Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean 24 Jul 1992 15 Mar 1996
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 1 Oct 2008
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 16 Feb 2012
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 14 Mar 1966 16 Jan 1967
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 19 Dec 1966 29 Nov 1968
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 19 Dec 1966 29 Nov 1968
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 19 Dec 1966 29 Nov 1968
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 27 Apr 2009 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid - 15 Oct 1986 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 4 Apr 1986
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4 Feb 1985 11 Nov 1993
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 17 Mar 1949 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique - 22 Jul 1946 s
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 3 Jul 2003 21 Aug 2008
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 2 Nov 1977 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 28 Mar 1978 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 -
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 -
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium 16 Oct 1953 -
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 7 May 1970
Convention on psychotropic substances 2 Sep 1971 16 Feb 1977
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 14 Feb 1973
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 25 Apr 1989 8 Feb 1991
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 12 Jul 2017 a
Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods 30 Aug 1974 -
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 20 Dec 1977 16 Nov 1978
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 5 Jan 1984 26 Oct 1987
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring 20 Jul 1954 4 Sep 1963
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material 20 Jul 1954 4 Sep 1963
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 20 Jul 1954 4 Sep 1963
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 4 Mar 1981 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences 15 May 1975 27 Oct 1978
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character - 9 Jun 1971 a
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 9 Jun 1971 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms - 1 Mar 1982 a
International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace - 5 Dec 1980 s
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 14 Aug 1990 11 Oct 1996
International Sugar Agreement, 1992 - 11 Oct 1996 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 - 1 Nov 2013 a
International Cocoa Agreement, 2010 [ 6 Jul 2011 ] [19 Jan 2017 ] (withdrawn)
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 31 Mar 1953 25 Jul 1967
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 7 Oct 1998 7 Jun 2001
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 14 Jun 2000 24 Jan 2003
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 16 Mar 2001 24 Jul 2003
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 16 Sep 2002 28 Apr 2011
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 21 Mar 2007
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 - 24 Jan 2003 a
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries - 20 Sep 2001 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 2 Nov 1977 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel - 17 Oct 2000 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 16 Jan 1998 20 Sep 2001
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 29 Apr 1958 -
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 22 May 2025
Convention on the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 16 Feb 1972
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 -
Convention on the Continental Shelf 29 Apr 1958 16 Feb 1972
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 29 Apr 1958 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 - 18 Jun 2001 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 10 Jun 1958 26 Oct 1987
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation - 25 Mar 2025 a
Convention relating to the distribution of programme-carrying signals transmitted by satellite - 25 Mar 1999 a
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 20 Jun 2003 -
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques - 7 Feb 1996 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) - 17 Dec 1998 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 14 Jan 1993 31 May 1996
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 25 Sep 2001
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 17 Mar 1999
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 28 Apr 2011
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 25 Sep 2013
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20 Sep 2017 5 Jul 2018
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 15 Oct 1994 5 Jan 1998
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 17 Aug 1999 13 Aug 2009
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 16 Apr 2002 6 Feb 2007
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 19 Jan 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 - 30 Jul 1991 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 7 Mar 1995 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 13 Jun 1992 26 Aug 1994

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
A/RES/80/282 - no
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
iso2CR wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906967+00:00
iso2CR wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.269634+00:00
iso3CRI wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906979+00:00
iso3CRI wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.269644+00:00
m49188 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.142448+00:00
m49188 un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.428617+00:00
nameCosta Rica wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906948+00:00
nameCosta Rica wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.269614+00:00
un_admission_date1945-11-02 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906959+00:00
un_admission_date1945-11-02 wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.269624+00:00
unsd_nameCosta Rica un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.142461+00:00
unsd_nameCosta Rica un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.428624+00:00

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