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India at the United Nations

Flag of India
Flag of India.svg (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-10-30
ISO 3166-1
IN / IND
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-10-30

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
International Telecommunication Union 1869-01-01
Universal Postal Union 1876-07-01
United Nations 1945-10-30
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1945-12-27
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1946-11-04
Commonwealth of Nations 1947-08-15
World Meteorological Organization 1949-04-27
World Trade Organization 1995-01-01
World Health Organization not recorded

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

2028 pending 2027 pending 2026 2024 2023 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1974 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1964 1963 1962 1955 1954 1953 1951 1950 1949 1947 1946

Human Rights Council

2028 pending 2027 pending 2026 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006

Security Council

2022 2021 2012 2011 1992 1991 1985 1984 1978 1977 1973 1972 1968 1967 1951 1950

Permanent representatives

1 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Chinmaya R. Gharekhan 1986-101992-12

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, 235 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic, 26 January
Accredited diplomats
26

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1981
Adult literacy rate 78.1625 2024
CO2 emissions per capita 2.17365 2024
GDP 3.95607e+12 2025
GNI per capita 2,760 2025
Life expectancy at birth 72.235 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2.2712 2024
Net official development assistance received 2.37656e+09 2023
Population 1.46387e+09 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 238,643 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 42,610 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

79 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 372,881 words in all. The longest was 1960, at 22,003 words, delivered by Mr. Krishna MENON.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Prime Minister ×12, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×10, Minister for External Affairs ×4, Minister of 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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Emblems and location

Coat of arms of India
Coat of arms. Emblem of India.svg (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of India
Location. India (orthographic projection).svg by Ssolbergj (<span class="signature-talk">talk</span>) (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

94 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 - 30 Oct 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 13 May 1948 a
United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property 12 Jan 2007 -
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 10 Feb 1949 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 15 Oct 1965 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 15 Oct 1965 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 15 Oct 1965 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 28 Nov 1977 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 28 Nov 1977 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 28 Nov 1977 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 29 Nov 1949 27 Aug 1959
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports - 12 Sep 1990 a
Convention on the Rights of the Child - 11 Dec 1992 a
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 6 Feb 2007 -
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 2 Mar 1967 3 Dec 1968
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 10 Apr 1979 a
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 10 Apr 1979 a
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 12 Jan 1971 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid - 22 Sep 1977 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 30 Jul 1980 9 Jul 1993
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 14 Oct 1997 -
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 12 Jan 1948 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 12 Jan 1948 A
Agreement on the establishment of the International Vaccine Institute - 1 May 2012 a
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 10 Sep 2003 5 Feb 2004
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 10 Nov 1950 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 30 Apr 1954
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 13 Dec 1964
Convention on psychotropic substances - 23 Apr 1975 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 14 Dec 1978 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances - 27 Mar 1990 a
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 - 12 Nov 1947 s
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 12 May 1949 28 Dec 1949 A
Protocol to amend the Convention for the suppression of the circulation of, and traffic in, obscene publications, concluded at Geneva on 12 September 1923 - 12 Nov 1947 s
Protocol amending the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris, on 4 May 1910 12 May 1949 28 Dec 1949 A
Charter of the Asian and Pacific Development Centre - 25 Apr 1983 s
Agreement to establish the South Centre 30 Sep 1994 13 Dec 1994
Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank 4 Dec 1965 20 Jul 1966
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 21 Jan 1977 28 Mar 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 16 Nov 1979 21 Jan 1980
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 15 Jun 2017 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring 30 Dec 1954 5 May 1958
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 15 Feb 1957 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 4 Jun 1954 5 May 1958
Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied 19 Sep 1949 -
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals 29 Dec 1949 -
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 - 21 Feb 2006 a
Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network 27 Apr 2004 16 Feb 2006
Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network (with annexes) 29 Jun 2007 13 Sep 2007
Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports - 17 Dec 2015 a
Convention on the International Maritime Organization 6 Mar 1948 6 Jan 1959 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences 27 Jun 1975 14 Feb 1978
Protocol amending the International Convention relating to Economic Statistics, signed at Geneva on 14 December 1928 9 Dec 1948 14 Mar 1949 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations 26 Oct 1961 -
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms 29 Oct 1971 1 Nov 1974
International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace - 3 Dec 1981 s
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 13 Sep 1983 9 Jul 1985
Agreement establishing the International Tea Promotion Association [20 Jul 1977 ] [ 1 Nov 1977 ] (withdrawn)
International Sugar Agreement, 1992 31 Dec 1992 20 Jan 1993
Agreement establishing the Terms of Reference of the International Jute Study Group, 2001 - 25 Apr 2002
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 23 Apr 2008 25 Jul 2008
Agreement establishing the Asian Coconut Community 12 Dec 1968 18 Jun 1969
Agreement establishing the International Pepper Community 21 Apr 1971 29 Mar 1972
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 29 Apr 1953 1 Nov 1961
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 - 12 Mar 1954 s
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 8 Sep 2000 22 Apr 2003
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 12 Dec 2002 5 May 2011
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2005 9 May 2011
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 7 Sep 1994 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 11 Apr 1978 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 17 Sep 1999 22 Sep 1999
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 25 Sep 2024 -
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 - 19 Aug 2003 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - 14 Nov 2005 a
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority - 14 Nov 2005 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 10 Jun 1958 13 Jul 1960
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 7 Aug 2019 -
Agreement governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies 18 Jan 1982 -
Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity 28 Oct 1976 26 Nov 1976
Agreement establishing the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development 20 May 1980 25 Feb 1986
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 29 Nov 1999 29 Nov 1999
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 15 Dec 1977 15 Dec 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) 15 May 1981 1 Mar 1984
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 14 Jan 1993 3 Sep 1996
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 14 Oct 1994 17 Dec 1996
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 24 May 2005 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 14 May 2002 13 Jan 2006
Minamata Convention on Mercury 30 Sep 2014 18 Jun 2018
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 18 Mar 1991 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 15 Mar 1990 24 Jun 1992
Convention on Biological Diversity 5 Jun 1992 18 Feb 1994
Multilateral Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation of Copyright Royalties - 31 Jan 1983 a

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
iso2IN wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906305+00:00
iso2IN wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.265868+00:00
iso3IND wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906314+00:00
iso3IND wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.265878+00:00
m49356 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.142051+00:00
m49356 un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.424724+00:00
nameIndia wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906286+00:00
nameIndia wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.265849+00:00
un_admission_date1945-10-30 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.906295+00:00
un_admission_date1945-10-30 wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.265859+00:00
unsd_nameIndia un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.142058+00:00
unsd_nameIndia un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.424731+00:00

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