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Kingdom of the Netherlands at the United Nations

Flag of Kingdom of the Netherlands
Flag of the Netherlands.svg by Zscout370 (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-12-10
ISO 3166-1
NL / NLD
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-12-10
Formerly
Netherlands, until 3 Mar. 2023

A founding Member State: one of the fifty-one that signed the Charter at San Francisco in 1945.

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
International Telecommunication Union 1866-01-01
Universal Postal Union 1875-07-01
United Nations 1945-12-10
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1945-12-27
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1947-01-01
North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949-04-04
World Meteorological Organization 1951-09-12
European Union 1957-03-25
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
Experts on Mission 12 3
Staff Officer 1 1

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 0.84 0.71 to 0.96 189
2024 1.04 0.89 to 1.21 107
2023 1.01 0.85 to 1.19 88
2022 1.13 0.95 to 1.32 88
2021 1.03 0.87 to 1.18 86
2020 1.09 0.92 to 1.26 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 283,935
Asylum-seekers hosted 49,662
Stateless people 4,134
Refugees from Kingdom of the Netherlands abroad 159

Population projection

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

202520302035204020452050
18,346,81918,757,21718,977,35219,062,98319,041,97518,958,475

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

2027 pending 2026 2025 2021 2020 2019 2013 2012 2009 2008 2007 2003 2002 2001 1997 1996 1995 1991 1990 1989 1985 1984 1983 1980 1979 1978 1977 1975 1974 1973 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1948 1947

Human Rights Council

2026 2025 2024 2022 2021 2020 2017 2016 2015 2009 2008 2007 2006

Security Council

2018 2000 1999 1984 1983 1966 1965 1952 1951 1946

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations, 666 Third Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
King's Day, 27 April
Accredited diplomats
36

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1970
CO2 emissions per capita 6.602 2024
GDP 1,332,767,651,100 2025
GNI per capita 68,530 2025
Life expectancy at birth 81.97 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1.916 2024
Population 18,087,633 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 283,935 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 159 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

80 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 219,015 words in all. The longest was 1976, at 5,415 words, delivered by Mr. Van der Stoel.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Minister for Foreign Affairs ×15, Prime Minister ×10, Prime Minister and Minister for General Affairs ×3, King ×2. 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 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946

Emblems and location

Coat of arms of Kingdom of the Netherlands
Coat of arms. Royal coat of arms of the Netherlands.svg by Sodacan (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

145 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 - 10 Dec 1945
Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes - 9 Jun 1971 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 19 Apr 1948 a
United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property - 23 Apr 2025 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 2 Dec 1948 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 7 Sep 1984 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 7 Sep 1984 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 7 Sep 1984 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 17 Dec 1985 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 17 Dec 1985 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 17 Dec 1985 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 20 Jun 1966 a
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 6 Feb 1995 A
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 9 Aug 1990 26 Mar 1991
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 14 Jun 2016
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 29 Apr 2008 23 Mar 2011
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 24 Oct 1966 10 Dec 1971
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 25 Jun 1969 11 Dec 1978
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 25 Jun 1969 11 Dec 1978
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 25 Jun 1969 11 Dec 1978
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 23 Jul 1991
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4 Feb 1985 21 Dec 1988
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 25 Apr 1947 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 25 Apr 1947 A
Agreement on the establishment of the International Vaccine Institute 28 Oct 1996 23 Jun 1998
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 16 Jun 2003 27 Jan 2005 A
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 30 Aug 1961 13 May 1985
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 29 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 [11 Dec 1946 ] [10 Mar 1948 A] (withdrawn)
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 26 Sep 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 30 Dec 1953 -
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 31 Jul 1961 16 Jul 1965
Convention on psychotropic substances - 8 Sep 1993 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 29 May 1987 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 18 Jan 1989 8 Sep 1993 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 7 Mar 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 2 Jun 1949 26 Sep 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 ] [ 7 Mar 1949 A] (withdrawn)
Protocol amending the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris, on 4 May 1910 2 Jun 1949 26 Sep 1950 A
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 29 May 1981 13 Dec 1990 A
Agreement Establishing the Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Africa 18 Feb 1997 10 Dec 1997 A
Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States 30 Dec 1965 30 Nov 1971
Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank 4 Dec 1965 29 Aug 1966
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 4 Feb 1977 29 Jul 1977 A
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 5 Oct 1979 10 Oct 1980 A
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 18 May 1956 27 Jul 1960
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats 18 May 1956 27 Jul 1960
Customs Convention concerning spare parts used for repairing EUROP wagons 7 Feb 1958 7 May 1959
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 9 Apr 1959 27 Jul 1960
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport 13 Mar 1961 22 Oct 1962
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 28 Dec 1976 20 Dec 1982 A
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods 1 Feb 1984 12 Jun 1987 A
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring 4 Jun 1954 7 Mar 1958
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material 4 Jun 1954 7 Mar 1958
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 4 Jun 1954 7 Mar 1958
Customs Convention on Containers 18 May 1956 27 Jul 1960
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic 18 May 1956 20 Apr 1959
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) 19 May 1956 27 Sep 1960
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Goods Transport 15 May 1957 1 Aug 1986
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles Engaged in International Passenger Transport 15 May 1957 1 Aug 1986
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) 13 Dec 1957 1 Nov 1963
European Agreement on Road Markings 13 Dec 1957 -
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 30 Mar 1958 30 Jun 1960
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 12 Apr 1962 -
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) 26 Mar 1971 30 Dec 1977
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 28 May 1971 30 Nov 1978
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on road traffic opened for signature at Vienna on 8 November 1968 - 8 Nov 2007 a
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals - 8 Nov 2007 a
Protocol on Road Markings, additional to the European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals - 8 Nov 2007 a
European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) - 12 Dec 1979 a
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals 19 Sep 1949 19 Sep 1952
Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections 13 Nov 1997 5 Feb 1999
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 - 4 Jan 2002 a
European Agreement supplementing the 1949 Convention on road traffic and the 1949 Protocol on road signs and signals 16 Sep 1950 4 Dec 1952 s
European Agreement on the application of article 23 of the 1949 Convention on road traffic, concerning the dimensions and weights of vehicles permitted to travel on certain roads of the Contracting Parties 16 Sep 1950 4 Dec 1952 s
Declaration on the construction of main international traffic arteries 16 Sep 1950 4 Dec 1952 s
General Agreement on Economic Regulations for International Road transport (a) Additional Protocol (b) Protocol of Signature 17 Mar 1954 -
Agreement on Signs for Road Works, amending the European Agreement of 16 September 1950 supplementing the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic and the 1949 Protocol on Road Signs and Signals 1 16 Dec 1955 31 Jan 1958
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for passengers and baggage carried by rail - 25 May 1952 s
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for goods carried by rail - 10 Jan 1952 s
Convention on the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail 21 Nov 2024 -
European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN) 23 Jun 1997 21 Apr 1998
European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) 20 Dec 2000 30 Apr 2003 A
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 13 May 1992 A
Convention on the International Maritime Organization 6 Mar 1948 31 Mar 1949 A
Convention relating to the unification of certain rules concerning collisions in inland navigation 14 Jun 1960 15 Jun 1966
Convention on the registration of inland navigation vessels 30 Dec 1965 14 Nov 1974
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - [ 6 Apr 1983 a] (withdrawn)
Protocol amending the International Convention relating to Economic Statistics, signed at Geneva on 14 December 1928 9 Dec 1948 13 Apr 1950 A
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character 30 Dec 1949 -
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials 22 Nov 1950 31 Oct 1957
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 7 Jul 1993 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms - 7 Jul 1993 a
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 18 Jun 1980 15 Jul 1981 A
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 4 Dec 2007 30 Sep 2009 A
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 8 Aug 1968 30 Jul 1971
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages 10 Dec 1962 2 Jul 1965
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 15 Dec 1953 7 Jul 1955 A
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 18 Jul 1998 17 Jul 2001 A
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 10 Jan 2000 7 Feb 2002 A
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 12 Dec 2000 26 May 2004
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 11 Sep 2003 24 Jul 2008 A
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 31 Oct 2006 A
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 23 Sep 2026 -
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 18 Dec 1980 6 Dec 1988
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 6 Dec 1988 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 22 Dec 1995 7 Feb 2002 A
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 12 Mar 1998 7 Feb 2002 A
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 31 Oct 1958 18 Feb 1966
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 31 Oct 1958 18 Feb 1966
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 31 Oct 1958 18 Feb 1966
Convention on the Continental Shelf 31 Oct 1958 18 Feb 1966
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 31 Oct 1958 18 Feb 1966
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 Jun 1996 19 Dec 2003
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 28 Aug 1998 25 Mar 1999
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority 26 Aug 1998 21 Nov 2002 A
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 10 Jun 1958 24 Apr 1964
United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration 18 May 2016 -
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations 12 Jun 1987 18 Sep 1997
Agreement governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies 27 Jan 1981 17 Feb 1983
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 19 Dec 2000 6 Jul 2001 A
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 15 Apr 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 18 Jun 1987 A
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 14 Jan 1993 30 Jun 1995
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 23 Mar 1999
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 12 Apr 1999 A
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 23 Feb 2011 A
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 18 Dec 2014 A
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution 13 Nov 1979 15 Jul 1982 A
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 15 Oct 1994 27 Jun 1995 A
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses 9 Mar 2000 9 Jan 2001 A
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 29 Dec 2004 A
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 20 Apr 2000 A
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 28 Jan 2002 A
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 18 May 2017 A
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 22 Mar 1985 28 Sep 1988 A
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1989 16 Apr 1993 A
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 25 Feb 1991 28 Feb 1995 A
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 18 Mar 1992 14 Mar 1995 A
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 18 Mar 1992 6 Nov 2006 A
Convention on Biological Diversity 5 Jun 1992 12 Jul 1994 A
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas 29 Jul 1992 29 Dec 1992 AA

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
iso2NL wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566293+00:00
iso3NLD wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566300+00:00
m49528 un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.770864+00:00
nameKingdom of the Netherlands wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566278+00:00
un_admission_date1945-12-10 wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566285+00:00
unsd_nameNetherlands (Kingdom of the) un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.770872+00:00

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