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Cyprus at the United Nations

Flag of Cyprus
Flag of Cyprus.svg by SVG by User:Vzb83~commonswiki (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1960-09-20
ISO 3166-1
CY / CYP
Admitted by
A/RES/1489 (XV)

In the European Parliament

Members representing this state in the current or previous term, from the Parliament’s own record.

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 1960-09-20
European Union 2004-05-01

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

1981 1980 1979

Human Rights Council

2027 pending 2026 2025

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations, 15 West 38th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018
National holiday
Independence Day, 1 October
Accredited diplomats
7

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1992
Adult literacy rate 98.68 2011
CO2 emissions per capita 5.4047 2024
GDP 4.12258e+10 2025
GNI per capita 36,110 2025
Life expectancy at birth 81.821 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1.64735 2024
Net official development assistance received 2.258e+07 1996
Population 1.37075e+06 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 48,207 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 15 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

65 statements to the General Debate since 1960, 212,701 words in all. The longest was 1965, at 7,630 words, delivered by Mr. KYPRIANOU.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×30, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×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 Cyprus
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Cyprus (2006).svg by Borb, modified by User:Di (they-them) (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Cyprus
Location. EU-Cyprus highlighted.svg by Dinamik (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

97 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 - 5 Nov 1963 d
Optional Protocol to the Convention on Special Missions concerning the compulsory settlement of disputes 31 Dec 1970 24 Jan 1972
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character - 14 Mar 1978 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 6 May 1964 d
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 10 Sep 1968 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 14 Apr 1976 a
Convention on special missions 18 Sep 1970 24 Jan 1972
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 29 Mar 1982 a
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 9 Jul 1987 -
Convention on the Rights of the Child 5 Oct 1990 7 Feb 1991
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - 10 Sep 1999 a
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 27 Jun 2011
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 -
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 12 Dec 1966 21 Apr 1967
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 9 Jan 1967 2 Apr 1969
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 19 Dec 1966 2 Apr 1969
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 19 Dec 1966 15 Apr 1992
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - 23 Jul 1985 a
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 9 Oct 1985 18 Jul 1991
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 16 Jan 1961 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 24 May 2004 26 Oct 2005
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 9 Jul 1968 a
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 30 Jan 1969 a
Convention on psychotropic substances - 26 Nov 1973 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 30 Nov 1973
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 25 May 1990
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 7 Mar 2005 a
Agreement Establishing the Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Africa 8 Nov 1996 -
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships 19 Jun 2024 -
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development - 20 Dec 1977 a
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 17 Mar 1981 28 Apr 1983
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles - 2 Feb 1983 d
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 3 Jun 1977 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 7 Aug 1981 a
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods - 1 Jul 2002 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 16 May 1963 d
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 16 May 1963 d
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 16 May 1963 d
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) - 2 Jul 2003 a
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) - 19 Apr 2004 a
European Agreement on Road Markings - 30 Jul 1973 a
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) - 5 Sep 2003 a
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals - 16 Aug 2016 a
Protocol on Road Markings, additional to the European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals - 16 Aug 2016 a
Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections 13 Nov 1997 -
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 - 12 Apr 2005 a
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 21 Nov 1973 A
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character - 10 Aug 1972 a
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 16 May 1963 d
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 17 Mar 2009 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms - 25 Jun 1993 a
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 - 3 Aug 2004 a
International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace - 15 Mar 1983 a
International Cocoa Agreement, 2001 - 2 Sep 2010 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 9 Jul 2010 9 Jul 2010
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 10 Sep 1968 12 Nov 1968
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 30 Jul 2002 a
Convention on the International Right of Correction 20 Jun 1972 13 Nov 1972
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 15 Oct 1998 7 Mar 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 1 Mar 2001 30 Nov 2001
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 12 Dec 2000 22 Apr 2003
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 10 Jun 2003 18 Aug 2005
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2003 23 Feb 2009
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 13 Sep 1991 a
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries - 8 Jul 1993 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 24 Dec 1975 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel - 1 Jul 2003 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 26 Mar 1998 24 Jan 2001
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 May 2025
Convention on the High Seas - 23 May 1988 a
Convention on the Continental Shelf - 11 Apr 1974 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 - 25 Sep 2002 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - 12 Jun 2003 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 29 Dec 1980 a
Vienna Convention on succession of States in respect of treaties - 12 Mar 2004 a
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations 29 Jun 1987 5 Nov 1991
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 18 Jun 1998 14 Jul 2000
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 7 Oct 1977 12 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) - 12 Dec 1988 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 28 Aug 1998
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 18 Jul 2003
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 4 Dec 1997 17 Jan 2003
Convention on Cluster Munitions 23 Sep 2009 -
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 10 May 2016
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution - 20 Nov 1991 a
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 29 Mar 2000 a
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 19 Sep 2003
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 17 Dec 2004
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants - 7 Mar 2005 a
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 24 Sep 2014 25 Feb 2020
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 28 May 1992 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1989 17 Sep 1992
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context - 20 Jul 2000 a
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents - 31 Aug 2005 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 10 Jul 1996

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
iso2CY wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904493+00:00
iso2CY wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267286+00:00
iso3CYP wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904505+00:00
iso3CYP wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267290+00:00
m49196 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.140680+00:00
m49196 un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.426466+00:00
nameCyprus wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904473+00:00
nameCyprus wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267279+00:00
un_admission_date1960-09-20 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.904482+00:00
un_admission_date1960-09-20 wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267282+00:00
unsd_nameCyprus un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.140690+00:00
unsd_nameCyprus un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.426474+00:00

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