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Ireland at the United Nations

Flag of Ireland
Flag of Ireland.svg by Éire (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1955-12-14
ISO 3166-1
IE / IRL
Admitted by
A/RES/995 (X)

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
Universal Postal Union 1923-09-06
International Telecommunication Union 1923-12-08
World Meteorological Organization 1950-03-14
United Nations 1955-12-14
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1957-08-08
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1961-10-03
European Union 1973-01-01
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 1973-06-25
World Health Organization not recorded
World Trade Organization not recorded
Council of Europe not recorded
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development not recorded

Peacekeeping contribution

Uniformed personnel this state had deployed to UN missions in 2026-07-31, the most recent month the UN Peace and Security Data Hub reports. Counts are deployments, not distinct people.

PersonnelDeployedOf whom women
Troops 268 13
Individual Police 13 4
Experts on Mission 12 2
Staff Officer 9 0

Every contributor, month by month

Position in General Assembly voting

A statistical estimate of where this state sat on the main axis of General Assembly voting, not a record of any vote. The range is what the model treats as credible; neither end of the scale is the better one.

YearEstimate Credible rangeVotes cast
2025 0.72 0.60 to 0.83 191
2024 0.75 0.62 to 0.86 108
2023 0.75 0.61 to 0.90 88
2022 0.74 0.59 to 0.89 88
2021 0.64 0.51 to 0.77 86
2020 0.64 0.51 to 0.76 97

Every state's position

People of concern

As recorded by UNHCR’s Refugee Data Finder for 2025 — UNHCR’s own reporting categories, not a census.

CategoryPeople
Refugees hosted 137,869
Asylum-seekers hosted 33,728
Stateless people 54
Refugees from Ireland abroad 69

Population projection

United Nations World Population Prospects, median variant — a projection, not a count.

202520302035204020452050
5,308,0395,525,0935,686,8685,817,5705,916,9365,970,042

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

2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2013 2012 2005 2004 2003 1996 1995 1994 1990 1989 1988 1981 1980 1979 1970 1969 1968

Human Rights Council

2015 2014 2013

Security Council

2022 2021 2002 2001 1982 1981 1962

Permanent representatives

4 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Anne Anderson 20102013
John Paul Kavanagh 20082009
David J. Cooney 20062007
Richard Ryan 20002005

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, 885 Second Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
St. Patrick's Day, 17 March
Accredited diplomats
21

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1970
CO2 emissions per capita 6.036 2024
GDP 721,701,359,046 2025
GNI per capita 87,360 2025
Life expectancy at birth 83.01 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 0.2391 2024
Population 5,484,367 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 137,869 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 69 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

67 statements to the General Debate since 1956, 263,723 words in all. The longest was 1984, at 9,612 words, delivered by BARRY.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Minister for Foreign Affairs ×15, Prime Minister ×5, Deputy Prime Minister ×5, Taoiseach ×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.

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1969 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956

Emblems and location

Coat of arms of Ireland
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Ireland.svg by Setanta Saki (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Ireland
Location. EU-Ireland.svg by NuclearVacuum (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

98 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 - 10 May 1967 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 10 May 1967 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 10 May 1967
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 18 Apr 1961 -
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 10 May 1967
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 - 22 Jun 1976 a
Convention on the Rights of the Child 30 Sep 1990 28 Sep 1992
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - 18 Jun 1993 a
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 20 Mar 2018
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 29 Mar 2007 -
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 21 Mar 1968 29 Dec 2000
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1 Oct 1973 8 Dec 1989
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1 Oct 1973 8 Dec 1989
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 8 Dec 1989 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - 23 Dec 1985 a
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 28 Sep 1992 11 Apr 2002
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 20 Oct 1947 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 20 Oct 1947 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 16 Sep 2003 7 Nov 2005
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 18 Jan 1973 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 6 Nov 1968 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 - 18 Feb 1948 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 - 11 Aug 1952 A
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 16 Dec 1980 a
Convention on psychotropic substances - 7 Aug 1992 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 16 Dec 1980 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 14 Dec 1989 3 Sep 1996
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 - 19 Jul 1961 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 - 19 Jul 1961 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 - 28 Feb 1952 A
Protocol amending the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris, on 4 May 1910 - 28 Feb 1952 A
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 28 Apr 1977 14 Oct 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 5 Oct 1979 17 Jul 1984
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles - 26 Jul 1967 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 7 Jul 1967 a
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 - 14 Aug 1967 a
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 14 Aug 1967 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 14 Aug 1967 a
Customs Convention on Containers - 7 Jul 1967 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic - 31 May 1962 a
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) - 31 Jan 1991 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Goods Transport - 31 May 1962 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles Engaged in International Passenger Transport - 31 May 1962 a
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) - 12 Oct 2006 a
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) - 28 Aug 1979 a
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 - 22 Mar 1988 a
Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections 13 Nov 1997 -
Declaration on the construction of main international traffic arteries - 20 May 1968 a
Convention on the International Maritime Organization 6 Mar 1948 26 Feb 1951 A
Protocol amending the International Convention relating to Economic Statistics, signed at Geneva on 14 December 1928 - 28 Feb 1952 A
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 19 Sep 1978 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations 30 Jun 1962 19 Jun 1979
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 18 Jun 1980 18 Jun 1980
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 26 Jun 2009 17 Dec 2009
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 14 Nov 1968 a
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 - 31 Aug 1961 A
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 7 Oct 1998 11 Apr 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 15 Oct 2001 30 Jun 2005
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000 17 Jun 2010
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 9 Sep 2003 20 Nov 2006
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2003 9 Nov 2011
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 - 30 Jun 2005 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 30 Jun 2005 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel - 28 Mar 2002 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 29 May 1998 30 Jun 2005
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 2 Oct 1958 -
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
Convention on the High Seas 2 Oct 1958 -
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 2 Oct 1958 -
Convention on the Continental Shelf 2 Oct 1958 -
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 27 Jun 1996 19 Dec 2003
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - 9 Feb 2011 a
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority - 9 Feb 2011 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 12 May 1981 a
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations - 16 Aug 2007 a
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 16 Dec 1982
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 13 Mar 1995
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 14 Jan 1993 24 Jun 1996
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 15 Jul 1999
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 3 Dec 1997
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 3 Dec 2008
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 2 Apr 2014
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20 Sep 2017 6 Aug 2020
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 15 Oct 1994 31 Jul 1997
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - 20 Dec 2013 a
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 20 Jun 2012
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 10 Jun 2005 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 5 Aug 2010
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 18 Mar 2019
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 15 Sep 1988 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 19 Jan 1990 7 Feb 1994
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 27 Feb 1991 25 Jul 2002
Convention on Biological Diversity 13 Jun 1992 22 Mar 1996

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
A/RES/80/290 2026-07-10 yes
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
iso2IE wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566323+00:00
iso3IRL wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566332+00:00
m49372 un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.770885+00:00
nameIreland wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566309+00:00
un_admission_date1955-12-14 wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566316+00:00
unsd_nameIreland un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.770891+00:00

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