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Member state

Dominican Republic at the United Nations

Flag of Dominican Republic
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg by Juan Pablo Duarte (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-10-24
ISO 3166-1
DO / DOM
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-09-04

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

2027 pending 2026 2025 2014 2013 2012 1980 1979 1978 1957 1956 1955

Human Rights Council

2026 2025 2024

Security Council

2020 2019

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Dominican Republic to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations, 144 East 44th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Independence Day, 27 February
Accredited diplomats
23

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1981
Adult literacy rate 94.03 2024
CO2 emissions per capita 2.99473 2024
GDP 1.27407e+11 2025
GNI per capita 10,620 2025
Life expectancy at birth 73.868 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 0.78242 2024
Net official development assistance received 6.63396e+08 2023
Population 1.15205e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 20 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 1,240 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

74 statements to the General Debate since 1947, 191,748 words in all. The longest was 1980, at 5,776 words, delivered by Fernandez.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×18, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×12, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×1, 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 Dominican Republic
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic.svg by See File history below for details (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

86 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 - 4 Sep 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 7 Mar 1947 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 30 Mar 1962 14 Jan 1964
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality 30 Mar 1962 14 Jan 1964
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 30 Mar 1962 13 Feb 1964
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 4 Mar 1964
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality 24 Apr 1963 4 Mar 1964
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 24 Apr 1963 4 Mar 1964
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 11 Dec 1948 -
Convention on the Rights of the Child 8 Aug 1990 11 Jun 1991
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - 21 Sep 2016 a
Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean 24 Jul 1992 -
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 18 Aug 2009
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 26 Sep 2018 -
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - 25 May 1983 a
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 4 Jan 1978 a
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 4 Jan 1978 a
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 4 Jan 1978 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 2 Sep 1982
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4 Feb 1985 24 Jan 2012
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 21 Jun 1948 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 -
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 5 Dec 1961 -
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 4 Jan 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 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 Jun 1958 A
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium 23 Jun 1953 9 Jun 1958
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 26 Sep 1972 a
Convention on psychotropic substances - 19 Nov 1975 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 21 Sep 1993 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances - 21 Sep 1993 a
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 7 Jun 2010 a
Agreement to establish the South Centre - 7 Jul 2008 a
United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts - 2 Aug 2012 a
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships 27 Sep 2024 -
Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods - 23 Dec 1977 a
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development - 29 Dec 1977 a
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 8 May 1981 29 Mar 1983
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring 4 Jun 1954 -
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 4 Jun 1954 -
Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied 19 Sep 1949 15 Aug 1957
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals - 15 Aug 1957 a
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 - 28 Sep 2007 a
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 25 Aug 1953 A
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character 5 Aug 1949 -
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials 22 Nov 1950 -
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 27 Oct 1986 a
International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace - 21 Nov 1983 a
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - 15 Mar 2023 a
International Sugar Agreement, 1992 25 Nov 1992 19 Mar 1998
International Cocoa Agreement, 2001 22 May 2003 2 Nov 2005
International Cocoa Agreement, 2010 9 Mar 2012 -
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 31 Mar 1953 11 Dec 1953
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 8 Oct 1964 a
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 8 Sep 2000 12 May 2005
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 15 Nov 2001 4 Sep 2008
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000 26 Oct 2006
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court - 10 Sep 2009 a
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 26 Oct 2006
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 12 Aug 1980 3 Oct 2007
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 8 Jul 1977 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel - 16 Mar 2012 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 21 Oct 2008 a
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 29 Apr 1958 11 Aug 1964
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 24 Mar 2026
Convention on the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 11 Aug 1964
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 11 Aug 1964
Convention on the Continental Shelf 29 Apr 1958 11 Aug 1964
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 29 Apr 1958 s
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 11 Apr 2002 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) - 21 Jun 2010 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 27 Mar 2009
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 3 Oct 1996 4 Sep 2007
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 30 Jun 2000
Convention on Cluster Munitions 10 Nov 2009 20 Dec 2011
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 7 Aug 2014
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 7 Jun 2018 22 Sep 2022
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 26 Jun 1997 a
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 24 Mar 2006 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 4 May 2007
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 20 Mar 2018
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 - 18 May 1993 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 10 Jul 2000 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 13 Jun 1992 25 Nov 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
iso2DO wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906608+00:00
iso2DO wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.268720+00:00
iso3DOM wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906618+00:00
iso3DOM wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.268730+00:00
m49214 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.142234+00:00
m49214 un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.428072+00:00
nameDominican Republic wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906589+00:00
nameDominican Republic wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.268701+00:00
un_admission_date1945-10-24 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906599+00:00
un_admission_date1945-10-24 wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.268710+00:00
unsd_nameDominican Republic un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.142245+00:00
unsd_nameDominican Republic un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.428096+00:00

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