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Member state

Cuba at the United Nations

Flag of Cuba
Flag of Cuba.svg by Miguel Teurbe Tolón and Narciso López (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-10-24
ISO 3166-1
CU / CUB
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-10-15

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

2014 2013 2012 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1995 1994 1993 1990 1989 1988 1978 1977 1976 1954 1953 1952 1947 1946

Human Rights Council

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

Security Council

1991 1990 1957 1956 1950 1949

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, 315 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016
National holiday
Anniversary of the Revolution, 1 January
Accredited diplomats
42

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1981
Adult literacy rate 97.65 2019
CO2 emissions per capita 1.91299 2024
GDP 1.07352e+11 2020
GNI per capita 9,010 2019
Life expectancy at birth 78.264 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2.87621 2018
Net official development assistance received 1.67148e+08 2023
Population 1.09372e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 115 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 29,395 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

78 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 327,152 words in all. The longest was 1960, at 21,777 words, delivered by Mr. CASTRO.

Of the 31 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Minister for Foreign Affairs ×21, President ×4, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×2, President of the Councils of State and of Ministers ×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 Cuba
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Cuba.svg by {{es| }}{{en| }} (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Cuba
Location. Cuba (orthographic projection).svg by Connormah, Ssolbergj (original) (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 - 15 Oct 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 9 Sep 1959 a
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character 30 Mar 1976 30 Apr 1981
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 13 Sep 1972 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 16 Jan 1962 26 Sep 1963
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 15 Oct 1965
Convention on special missions - 9 Jun 1976 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 28 Dec 1949 4 Mar 1953
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 28 Dec 1949 4 Mar 1953
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 11 Dec 1990
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 21 Aug 1991
Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean 24 Jul 1992 13 Dec 1994
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 26 Apr 2007 6 Sep 2007
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 2 Feb 2009
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 7 Jun 1966 15 Feb 1972
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 28 Feb 2008 -
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 28 Feb 2008 -
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 13 Sep 1972 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid - 1 Feb 1977 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 6 Mar 1980 17 Jul 1980
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 27 Jan 1986 17 May 1995
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 9 May 1950 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 9 May 1950 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 29 Jun 2004 -
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 12 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 - 30 Jun 1961 A
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium - 8 Sep 1954 a
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 30 Aug 1962 a
Convention on psychotropic substances - 26 Apr 1976 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 14 Dec 1989 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 7 Apr 1989 12 Jun 1996
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 - 16 Mar 1981 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 4 Aug 1965 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 - 2 Dec 1983 A
Protocol amending the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris, on 4 May 1910 4 May 1949 2 Dec 1983 A
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 2 Nov 1994 a
Agreement to establish the South Centre 30 Sep 1994 17 Nov 1995
Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods - 2 Nov 1994 P
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 23 Sep 1977 15 Nov 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 2 Oct 1979 16 Mar 1981
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles - 16 Sep 1965 a
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport - 26 Sep 1963 a
Customs Convention on Containers, 1972 - 23 Nov 1984 a
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods - 15 Apr 1992 a
Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport - 12 Jun 1996 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring 4 Jun 1954 23 Oct 1963
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material 4 Jun 1954 29 Jun 1964
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 4 Jun 1954 20 Nov 1963
Customs Convention on Containers - 4 Aug 1965 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Goods Transport - 14 Feb 1966 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles Engaged in International Passenger Transport - 16 Sep 1965 a
Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied - 1 Oct 1952 a
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals - 1 Oct 1952 a
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 6 May 1966 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - 23 Jul 1976 a
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character - 7 Feb 1977 a
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 27 Aug 1952 A
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 - 15 May 1992 a
International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace - 9 Aug 1985 a
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 13 Sep 1983 30 Jun 1986
International Sugar Agreement, 1992 3 Nov 1992 14 Oct 1994
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 31 Mar 1953 8 Apr 1954
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages 17 Oct 1963 20 Aug 1965
Convention on the International Right of Correction - 17 Nov 1954 a
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 - 28 Jun 1954 s
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 19 Oct 2001 15 Nov 2001
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000 9 Feb 2007
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2005 9 Feb 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 - 15 Nov 2001 a
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries - 9 Feb 2007 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 10 Jun 1998 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 15 Nov 2001 a
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 28 Jun 2024
Convention on the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 -
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 -
Convention on the Continental Shelf 29 Apr 1958 -
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 29 Apr 1958 s
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority - 11 Jul 2008 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 30 Dec 1974 a
European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration - 1 Sep 1965 a
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 23 Sep 1977 10 Apr 1978
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 2 Mar 1987
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 29 Apr 1997
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 4 Feb 2021 4 Feb 2021
Convention on Cluster Munitions - 6 Apr 2016 a
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20 Sep 2017 30 Jan 2018
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 15 Oct 1994 13 Mar 1997
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 22 Feb 2008
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 21 Dec 2007
Minamata Convention on Mercury - 30 Jan 2018 a
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 14 Jul 1992 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 3 Oct 1994 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 8 Mar 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
iso2CU wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904802+00:00
iso3CUB wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904812+00:00
m49192 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.140991+00:00
nameCuba wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904779+00:00
un_admission_date1945-10-24 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904788+00:00
unsd_nameCuba un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.141002+00:00

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