Member state

Democratic Republic of the Congo at the United Nations

Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg by Nightstallion (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1960-09-20
ISO 3166-1
CD / COD
Admitted by
A/RES/1480 (XV)
Formerly
Democratic Republic of the Congo, until 27 October 1971

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

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

2016 2015 2014 2007 2006 2005 2001 2000 1999 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1982 1981 1974 1973 1972 1971

Human Rights Council

2027 pending 2026 2025 2020 2019 2018

Security Council

2027 pending 2026 1991 1990 1983 1982

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 511, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Independence Day, 30 June
Accredited diplomats
6

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 2001
Adult literacy rate 68.5 2023
CO2 emissions per capita 0.0568248 2024
GDP 9.10305e+10 2025
GNI per capita 720 2025
Life expectancy at birth 62.074 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1.22855 2024
Net official development assistance received 4.34729e+09 2023
Population 1.12832e+08 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 503,732 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 1.17649e+06 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

60 statements to the General Debate since 1961, 204,105 words in all. The longest was 1961, at 9,292 words, delivered by Mr. Bomboko.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×20, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×6, Deputy Prime Minister ×2, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ×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 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (black spear).svg by SVG-image-maker (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Location. COD orthographic.svg by Addicted04 (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

68 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 - 8 Dec 1964 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 8 Dec 1964 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 19 Jul 1965
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 15 Jul 1976 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 19 Jul 1965 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 15 Jul 1976
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality 24 Apr 1963 -
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 24 Apr 1963 -
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 31 May 1962 d
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 -
Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 Mar 1990 27 Sep 1990
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - 30 Sep 2015 a
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - 21 Apr 1976 a
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 1 Nov 1976 a
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 1 Nov 1976 a
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 1 Nov 1976 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid - 11 Jul 1978 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 17 Oct 1986
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - 18 Mar 1996 a
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 24 Feb 1961 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 28 Jun 2004 28 Oct 2005
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 13 Jan 1975 a
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 - 13 Aug 1962 d
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium - 31 May 1962 d
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 28 Apr 1961 19 Nov 1973
Convention on psychotropic substances - 12 Oct 1977 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 15 Jul 1976 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 28 Oct 2005
Agreement establishing the African Development Bank 4 Aug 1963 5 Jun 1964
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 23 May 1977 12 Oct 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 21 Jan 1980 9 Jul 1982
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 19 Apr 1979 -
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea 23 Sep 2010 -
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 16 Aug 1973 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - 25 Jul 1977 a
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 3 May 1962 d
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms - 25 Jul 1977 a
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 13 Sep 1983 -
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 - 21 Jul 2010 s
International Cocoa Agreement, 2010 4 Nov 2011 -
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 12 Oct 1977 a
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 8 Sep 2000 11 Apr 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 11 Nov 2001 28 Oct 2005
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime - 28 Oct 2005 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court - 3 Jul 2007 a
United Nations Convention against Corruption - 23 Sep 2010 a
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 2 Jul 1980 -
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries 20 Mar 1990 -
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 25 Jul 1977 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 27 Jun 2008 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 5 Nov 2014 a
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 7 Aug 2019 -
Vienna Convention on succession of States in respect of treaties 23 Aug 1978 -
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations 21 Mar 1986 -
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 28 Feb 1978 -
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 14 Jan 1993 12 Oct 2005
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 4 Oct 1996 28 Sep 2004
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction - 2 May 2002 a
Convention on Cluster Munitions 18 Mar 2009 -
Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, their Ammunition and all Parts and Components that can be used for their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly 19 Nov 2010 25 Sep 2025
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20 Sep 2017 22 Sep 2022
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 14 Oct 1994 12 Sep 1997
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 23 Mar 2005
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants - 23 Mar 2005 a
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 30 Nov 1994 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 6 Oct 1994 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 11 Jun 1992 3 Dec 1994

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
S/RES/2824(2026) - yes
A/RES/80/282 - yes
A/RES/80/286 - non-voting
S/RES/2825(2026) - 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 - non-voting
A/RES/80/299 - non-voting

Provenance

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

AttributeValueSourceConfidenceFetched
iso2CD wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.899324+00:00
iso3COD wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.899333+00:00
m49180 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.131734+00:00
nameDemocratic Republic of the Congo wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.899304+00:00
un_admission_date1960-09-20 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.899314+00:00
unsd_nameDemocratic Republic of the Congo un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.131745+00:00

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