Member state

Kingdom of Denmark at the United Nations

Flag of Kingdom of Denmark
Flag of Denmark.svg by Madden and others (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-10-24
ISO 3166-1
- / DNK
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-10-09

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
European Union 1973-01-01

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

2024 2023 2022 2019 2018 2014 2013 2007 2006 2005 2001 2000 1999 1995 1994 1993 1989 1988 1987 1983 1982 1981 1977 1976 1975 1962 1961 1960 1950 1949 1948

Human Rights Council

2021 2020 2019

Security Council

2026 2025 2006 2005 1986 1985 1968 1967 1954 1953

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Kingdom of Denmark to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations, Chrysler East Building, 666 Third Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Birthday of the Queen, 16 April
Accredited diplomats
9

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1970
CO2 emissions per capita 4.27821 2024
GDP 4.62527e+11 2025
GNI per capita 77,190 2025
Life expectancy at birth 82.2537 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2.41617 2024
Population 6.00917e+06 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 95,007 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 21 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

68 statements to the General Debate since 1948, 169,739 words in all. The longest was 1987, at 5,743 words, delivered by ELLEMANN-JENSEN.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Minister for Foreign Affairs ×10, UN Representative ×8, Prime Minister ×5, Minister for Development Cooperation ×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

Location of Kingdom of Denmark
Location. Kingdom of Denmark (orthographic projection).svg by Orionist (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

157 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 - 9 Oct 1945
Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes - 25 Mar 1952 a
Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes - 25 Mar 1952 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 10 Jun 1948 a
United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property 19 Sep 2006 -
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 25 Jan 1950 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 2 Oct 1968
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality 18 Apr 1961 2 Oct 1968
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 18 Apr 1961 2 Oct 1968
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 15 Nov 1972
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality 24 Apr 1963 15 Nov 1972
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 24 Apr 1963 15 Nov 1972
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 28 Sep 1949 15 Jun 1951
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 19 Jul 1991
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 19 Jul 1991
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 13 Feb 1990 24 Feb 1994
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 24 Jul 2009
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 25 Sep 2007 13 Jan 2022
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 25 Sep 2007 13 Jan 2022
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 21 Jun 1966 9 Dec 1971
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 21 Jun 1966 9 Dec 1971
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 20 Mar 1968 6 Jan 1972
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 20 Mar 1968 6 Jan 1972
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 20 Mar 1968 6 Jan 1972
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 21 Apr 1983
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 21 Apr 1983
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4 Feb 1985 27 May 1987
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 19 Apr 1948 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 21 Apr 1947 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 16 Jun 2003 16 Dec 2004
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 16 Jun 2003 16 Dec 2004
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 11 Jul 1977 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 29 Jan 1968 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 29 Jan 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 11 Dec 1946 15 Jun 1949 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 19 Nov 1948 19 Oct 1949 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 20 Jul 1954
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 15 Sep 1964
Convention on psychotropic substances 21 Feb 1971 18 Apr 1975
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 18 Apr 1975
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 19 Dec 1991
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 21 Nov 1949 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 21 Nov 1949 1 Mar 1950 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 ] [21 Nov 1949 A] (withdrawn)
Protocol amending the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris, on 4 May 1910 21 Nov 1949 1 Mar 1950 A
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 26 May 1981 14 Feb 1989
Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States - 26 Mar 1969 a
Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank 28 Jan 1966 16 Aug 1966
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 11 Jan 1977 28 Jun 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization [ 5 Oct 1979 ] [27 May 1981 ] (withdrawn)
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles - 8 Jan 1959 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats - 8 Jan 1959 a
Customs Convention concerning spare parts used for repairing EUROP wagons - [ 5 Feb 1958 s] (withdrawn)
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 15 Apr 1959 s
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport - 14 Mar 1961 s
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 21 Dec 1976 20 Dec 1982
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods 1 Feb 1984 12 Jun 1987
Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport 11 Apr 1995 -
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 13 Oct 1955 a
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 13 Oct 1955 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 13 Oct 1955 a
Customs Convention on Containers - 3 Sep 1965 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic - 9 Feb 1968 a
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) - 28 Jun 1965 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Goods Transport - 9 Feb 1968 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles Engaged in International Passenger Transport - 9 Feb 1968 a
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) - 1 Jul 1981 a
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 - 21 Oct 1976 a
Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied 19 Sep 1949 -
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) - 30 Dec 1977 a
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 - 22 Nov 1976 a
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on road traffic opened for signature at Vienna on 8 November 1968 2 May 1972 3 Nov 1986
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals 2 May 1972 3 Nov 1986
Protocol on Road Markings, additional to the European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals - 3 Nov 1986 a
European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) - 2 Nov 1987 a
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals 19 Sep 1949 1 Jul 1959
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 - 8 Jun 1966 a
General Agreement on Economic Regulations for International Road transport (a) Additional Protocol (b) Protocol of Signature 17 Mar 1954 -
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 18 Apr 1979 -
International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993 9 Aug 1994 -
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea 23 Sep 2009 -
European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) 30 Oct 1991 9 Jan 1992 A
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 3 Jun 1959 A
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 3 Jun 1959 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - [28 Jun 1985 a] (withdrawn)
International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 10 Aug 2000 -
Protocol amending the International Convention relating to Economic Statistics, signed at Geneva on 14 December 1928 9 Dec 1948 27 Sep 1949 A
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character 29 Dec 1949 10 Aug 1955 A
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 4 Apr 1960 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations 26 Oct 1961 23 Jun 1965
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms 29 Oct 1971 7 Dec 1976
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 18 Jun 1980 17 Feb 1983
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 - 18 Nov 2009 s
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 - 18 Nov 2009 s
Food Assistance Convention 2 Oct 2012 6 Nov 2012 AA
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 29 Oct 1953 7 Jul 1954
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages 31 Oct 1963 8 Sep 1964
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 - 3 Mar 1954 s
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 25 Sep 1998 21 Jun 2001
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 25 Sep 2001 27 Aug 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 25 Sep 2001 27 Aug 2002
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 12 Dec 2000 30 Sep 2003
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 12 Dec 2000 30 Sep 2003
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 13 Sep 2002 3 Jun 2005
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 13 Sep 2002 3 Jun 2005
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 26 Dec 2006
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 26 Dec 2006
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 11 Aug 1987 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents 10 May 1974 1 Jul 1975
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents 10 May 1974 1 Jul 1975
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 15 Dec 1994 11 Apr 1995
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 23 Dec 1999 31 Aug 2001
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 23 Dec 1999 31 Aug 2001
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 29 Apr 1958 26 Sep 1968
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 9 Jun 2025 AA
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 9 Jun 2025 AA
Convention on the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 26 Sep 1968
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 29 Apr 1958 26 Sep 1968
Convention on the Continental Shelf 29 Apr 1958 12 Jun 1963
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 29 Apr 1958 26 Sep 1968
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 - 16 Nov 2004 a
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority - 16 Nov 2004 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 22 Dec 1972 a
European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 21 Apr 1961 22 Dec 1972
European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 21 Apr 1961 22 Dec 1972
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations 8 Jun 1987 26 Jul 1994
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 18 Jun 1998 2 Jun 2003
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 18 Jun 1998 2 Jun 2003
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 19 Apr 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) 10 Apr 1981 7 Jul 1982
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 14 Jan 1993 13 Jul 1995
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 21 Dec 1998
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 4 Dec 1997 8 Jun 1998
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 12 Feb 2010
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 2 Apr 2014 AA
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 2 Apr 2014 AA
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution 14 Nov 1979 18 Jun 1982
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 15 Oct 1994 22 Dec 1995
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - 30 Apr 2012 a
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 29 Sep 2000 AA
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 15 Jan 2004
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 15 Jan 2004
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 17 Dec 2003
Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and to the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 21 May 2003 -
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 18 May 2017 AA
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 18 May 2017 AA
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 22 Mar 1985 29 Sep 1988
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1989 6 Feb 1994 AA
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 26 Feb 1991 14 Mar 1997 AA
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 18 Mar 1992 28 May 1997 AA
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 18 Mar 1992 28 May 1997 AA
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 18 Mar 1992 28 Mar 2001 AA
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 18 Mar 1992 28 Mar 2001 AA
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 19 Aug 1992 29 Dec 1993 AA

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
S/RES/2824(2026) - yes
A/RES/80/282 - yes
A/RES/80/286 - yes
S/RES/2825(2026) - 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
iso3DNK wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.900990+00:00
m49208 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.132673+00:00
nameKingdom of Denmark wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.900968+00:00
un_admission_date1945-10-24 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.900980+00:00
unsd_nameDenmark un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.132686+00:00

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