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Germany at the United Nations

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Admitted
1973-09-18
ISO 3166-1
DE / DEU
Admitted by
A/RES/3050 (XXVIII)

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
European Union 1958-01-01
United Nations 1973-09-18

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

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Human Rights Council

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2008 2007 2006

Security Council

2020 2019 2012 2011 2004 2003 1996 1995 1988 1987 1978 1977

Permanent representatives

40 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Antje Leendertse 2025in office / not recorded
Rüdiger Bohn 2024in office / not recorded
Carmen Heidecke 2024in office / not recorded
Joachim Bleicker 20222024
Götz Schmidt-Bremme 20212024
Katharina Stasch 20212024
Thomas Göbel 2021in office / not recorded
Bettina Waldmann 20192024
Gerhard Küntzle 20182021
Michael Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg 20182021
Ulrich Seidenberger 20182022
Christoph Heusgen 2017-072021

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, 871 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
3 October
Accredited diplomats
91

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1970
CO2 emissions per capita 6.94396 2024
GDP 5.05092e+12 2025
GNI per capita 60,200 2025
Life expectancy at birth 80.7927 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1.8919 2024
Population 8.34912e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 2.65519e+06 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 327 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

53 statements to the General Debate since 1973, 183,245 words in all. The longest was 1983, at 7,566 words, delivered by GENSCHER.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Deputy Prime Minister ×11, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×9, Prime Minister ×4, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs ×3. 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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Treaties joined

132 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 1980 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 10 Oct 1957 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 11 Nov 1964
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality 28 Mar 1962 11 Nov 1964
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 18 Apr 1961 11 Nov 1964
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 31 Oct 1963 7 Sep 1971
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality 31 Oct 1963 7 Sep 1971
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 31 Oct 1963 7 Sep 1971
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 24 Nov 1954 a
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 6 Mar 1992
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 13 Feb 1990 18 Aug 1992
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 24 Feb 2009
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 26 Sep 2007 24 Sep 2009
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 10 Feb 1967 16 May 1969
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 9 Oct 1968 17 Dec 1973
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 9 Oct 1968 17 Dec 1973
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 25 Aug 1993 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 10 Jul 1985
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 13 Oct 1986 1 Oct 1990
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 29 May 1951 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 24 Oct 2003 16 Dec 2004
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 31 Aug 1977 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 5 Nov 1969 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 - 12 Aug 1959 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 - 12 Aug 1959 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 12 Aug 1959
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 31 Jul 1961 3 Dec 1973
Convention on psychotropic substances 23 Dec 1971 2 Dec 1977
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 20 Feb 1975
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 19 Jan 1989 30 Nov 1993
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 - 29 May 1973 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 - 29 May 1973 A
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 26 May 1981 21 Dec 1989
Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States 20 Dec 1965 -
Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank 4 Dec 1965 30 Aug 1966
Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank - 25 May 1989 a
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 29 Mar 1977 14 Oct 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 5 Oct 1979 13 Jul 1983
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 18 May 1956 23 Oct 1961
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats 18 May 1956 23 Oct 1961
Customs Convention concerning spare parts used for repairing EUROP wagons 10 Feb 1958 21 Oct 1960
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 13 Apr 1959 23 Oct 1961
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport 20 Dec 1960 29 Sep 1964
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 30 Dec 1976 20 Dec 1982
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods 1 Feb 1984 12 Jun 1987
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring 4 Jun 1954 16 Sep 1957
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material 4 Jun 1954 16 Sep 1957
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 4 Jun 1954 16 Sep 1957
Customs Convention on Containers 18 May 1956 23 Oct 1961
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic - 7 Jul 1961 a
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) 19 May 1956 7 Nov 1961
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) 13 Dec 1957 1 Dec 1969
European Agreement on Road Markings 13 Dec 1957 3 Jan 1963
Agreement concerning the adoption of harmonized technical United Nations Regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these United Nations Regulations 19 Jun 1958 29 Nov 1965
Agreement on Special Equipment for the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Use of such Equipment for the International Transport of some of those Foodstuffs 10 Apr 1962 -
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 16 Mar 1962 -
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 23 Dec 1970 9 Jul 1975
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 4 Feb 1971 8 Oct 1974
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on road traffic opened for signature at Vienna on 8 November 1968 28 May 1971 3 Aug 1978
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals 28 May 1971 3 Aug 1978
Protocol on Road Markings, additional to the European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals 15 Nov 1973 3 Aug 1978
Convention on the contract for the international carriage of passengers and luggage by road (CVR) 1 Mar 1974 -
European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) 19 Nov 1976 3 Aug 1978
Convention on Civil Liability for Damage caused during Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail and Inland Navigation Vessels (CRTD) 1 1 Feb 1990 -
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 - 11 May 2000 s
Declaration on the construction of main international traffic arteries - 13 Nov 1957 a
European Agreement on Main International Railway Lines (AGC) 29 Aug 1986 23 Oct 1987
Convention on the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail 27 Mar 2025 -
Convention relating to the limitation of the liability of owners of inland navigation vessels (CLN) 1 Mar 1974 -
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 31 Mar 1978 -
International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993 11 Jul 1994 -
European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN) 23 Jun 1997 -
European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) 26 May 2000 31 Jan 2008
European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) 16 Apr 1991 30 Jul 1992
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 7 Jan 1959 s
Convention relating to the unification of certain rules concerning collisions in inland navigation 14 Jun 1960 29 May 1973
Convention on the registration of inland navigation vessels 5 Nov 1965 -
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences [30 Jun 1975 ] [ 6 Apr 1983 ] (withdrawn)
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 9 Aug 1957 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations 26 Oct 1961 21 Jul 1966
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms 29 Oct 1971 7 Feb 1974
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 18 Jun 1980 17 Aug 1989
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 17 Dec 2009 17 Dec 2009 AA
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 4 Nov 1970 a
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 9 Jul 1969 a
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 - 29 May 1973 A
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 10 Dec 1998 11 Dec 2000
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 20 Jul 2000 17 Jun 2004
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 12 Dec 2000 14 Jun 2006
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 14 Jul 2003 2 Sep 2004
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2003 12 Nov 2014
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 1 Jun 2026 -
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 18 Dec 1979 15 Dec 1980
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries 20 Dec 1990 -
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents 15 Aug 1974 25 Jan 1977
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 1 Feb 1995 22 Apr 1997
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 26 Jan 1998 23 Apr 2003
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 -
Convention on the High Seas 30 Oct 1958 26 Jul 1973
Convention on the Continental Shelf 30 Oct 1958 -
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 30 Oct 1958 26 Jul 1973
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 28 Aug 1996 19 Dec 2003
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 18 May 1999 8 Jun 2007
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority - 8 Jun 2007 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 10 Jun 1958 30 Jun 1961
European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 21 Apr 1961 27 Oct 1964
United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration 17 Mar 2015 -
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations 27 Apr 1987 20 Jun 1991
Convention relating to the distribution of programme-carrying signals transmitted by satellite 21 May 1974 25 May 1979
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 18 Jun 1998 -
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 24 May 1983
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 25 Nov 1992
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 12 Aug 1994
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 20 Aug 1998
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 23 Jul 1998
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 8 Jul 2009
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 2 Apr 2014
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution 13 Nov 1979 15 Jul 1982
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 14 Oct 1994 10 Jul 1996
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses 13 Aug 1998 15 Jan 2007
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 21 Dec 1998 15 Jan 2007
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 11 Jan 2001
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 25 Apr 2002
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 15 Sep 2017
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 22 Mar 1985 30 Sep 1988
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 23 Oct 1989 21 Apr 1995
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 26 Feb 1991 8 Aug 2002
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 18 Mar 1992 30 Jan 1995
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 18 Mar 1992 9 Sep 1998
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 21 Dec 1993
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas 9 Apr 1992 6 Oct 1993

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 - abstain

Provenance

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

AttributeValueSourceConfidenceFetched
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iso2DE wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267562+00:00
iso3DEU wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903417+00:00
iso3DEU wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267566+00:00
m49276 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135744+00:00
m49276 un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.426895+00:00
nameGermany wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903389+00:00
nameGermany wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267554+00:00
un_admission_date1973-09-18 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903398+00:00
un_admission_date1973-09-18 wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267558+00:00
unsd_nameGermany un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135749+00:00
unsd_nameGermany un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.426904+00:00

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