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Member state

Gabon at the United Nations

Flag of Gabon
Flag of Gabon.svg by Léon Augé and Pierre Claver Eyeghe (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1960-09-20
ISO 3166-1
GA / GAB
Admitted by
A/RES/1487 (XV)

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

2022 2021 2020 2013 2012 2011 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1988 1987 1986 1977 1976 1975 1967 1966 1965

Human Rights Council

2023 2022 2021 2015 2014 2013 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

Security Council

2023 2022 2011 2010 1999 1998 1979 1978

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Gabon to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Gabonese, Republic to the United Nations, 244 East 58th Street, New York, NY 10022
National holiday
17 August
Accredited diplomats
18

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1993
Adult literacy rate 88.86 2021
CO2 emissions per capita 2.0475 2024
GDP 2.14271e+10 2025
GNI per capita 8,090 2025
Life expectancy at birth 68.511 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1.53821 2024
Net official development assistance received 5.31488e+07 2023
Population 2.59313e+06 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 166 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 984 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, 156,213 words in all. The longest was 1968, at 7,217 words, delivered by Mr. AYOUNE.

Of the 31 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×13, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×10, Prime Minister ×1, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Regional Integration, Francophonie and Gabonese Abroad ×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 Gabon
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Gabon.svg by Original by Louis Mühlemann, vectorised by user:Fenn-O-maniC (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Gabon
Location. Gabon (orthographic projection).svg by MSClaudiu (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

74 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 - 13 Mar 1964 a
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character - 5 Nov 2004 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 29 Jun 1961 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 2 Apr 1964 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 2 Apr 1964 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 2 Apr 1964 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 23 Feb 1965
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 23 Feb 1965 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 24 Apr 1963 23 Feb 1965
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 21 Jan 1983 a
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 -
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 9 Feb 1994
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - 2 Apr 2014 a
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families 15 Dec 2004 -
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 1 Oct 2007
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 25 Sep 2007 19 Jan 2011
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 20 Sep 1966 29 Feb 1980
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 21 Jan 1983 a
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 21 Jan 1983 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid - 29 Feb 1980 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 21 Jan 1983
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 21 Jan 1986 8 Sep 2000
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 21 Nov 1960 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 22 Aug 2003 20 Feb 2009
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 28 Aug 1973 a
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 29 Feb 1968 a
Convention on psychotropic substances - 14 Oct 1981 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 -
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1989 10 Jul 2006
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 15 Dec 2004 a
United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes - 15 Dec 2004 a
United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade - 15 Dec 2004 a
Agreement to establish the South Centre - 15 Dec 2004 a
United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit - 15 Dec 2004 a
Agreement establishing the African Development Bank - 31 Dec 1972 a
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships 14 Nov 2024 -
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development - 5 Jun 1978 a
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 8 Jan 1980 1 Feb 1982
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea 23 Sep 2009 -
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 1 Apr 1976 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences 10 Oct 1974 5 Jun 1978
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 4 Sep 1962 A
International Cocoa Agreement, 2001 - 25 Feb 2003 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 11 Nov 2008 11 Nov 2008 A
International Cocoa Agreement, 2010 18 Jan 2012 11 Jun 2013 AA
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 19 Apr 1967 19 Apr 1967
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 22 Dec 1998 20 Sep 2000
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 8 Sep 2000 10 Mar 2005
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime - 15 Dec 2004 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court - 22 Sep 2010 a
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 1 Oct 2007
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 29 Feb 1980 19 Apr 2005
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 14 Oct 1981 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 10 Mar 2005 a
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 23 Sep 2025
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 7 Oct 1996 -
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 15 Dec 2006 a
United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration 29 Sep 2015 -
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 25 Sep 2019 -
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations - 5 Nov 2004 a
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 27 Apr 2001 -
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) - 1 Oct 2007 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 8 Sep 2000
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 7 Oct 1996 20 Sep 2000
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 8 Sep 2000
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 2012 A
Arms Trade Treaty 25 Sep 2013 21 Sep 2022 A
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 6 Sep 1996 a
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 18 Dec 2003 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 21 May 2002 7 May 2007
Minamata Convention on Mercury 30 Jun 2014 24 Sep 2014 A
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 9 Feb 1994 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 6 Jun 2008 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 14 Mar 1997

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
A/RES/80/282 - yes
A/RES/80/286 - non-voting
A/RES/80/296 - non-voting
A/RES/80/293 B - non-voting
A/RES/80/294 - non-voting
A/RES/80/293 A - non-voting
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
iso2GA wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.901755+00:00
iso3GAB wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.901765+00:00
m49266 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.134534+00:00
nameGabon wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.901736+00:00
un_admission_date1960-09-20 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.901746+00:00
unsd_nameGabon un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.134544+00:00

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