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Liberia at the United Nations

Flag of Liberia
Flag of Liberia.svg by Government of (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-11-02
ISO 3166-1
LR / LBR
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-11-02

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 1945-11-02

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

2023 2022 2021 1990 1989 1988 1984 1983 1982 1976 1975 1974

Security Council

2027 pending 2026 1961

Permanent representatives

4 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Lewis Brown 2016-06-30in office / not recorded
Marjon Kamara 2009-10-082016
Angie Brooks 19541977-05
Clarence Lorenzo Simpson -in office / not recorded

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Liberia to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Liberia to the United Nations, 228 East 45th Street, 6th Floor, Suite 600-A, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Independence Day, 26 July
Accredited diplomats
14

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1984
Adult literacy rate 59.403 2010
CO2 emissions per capita 0.154486 2024
GDP 5.24594e+09 2025
GNI per capita 830 2025
Life expectancy at birth 62.324 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 0.711207 2024
Net official development assistance received 5.62642e+08 2023
Population 5.73121e+06 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 1,172 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 5,117 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, 215,829 words in all. The longest was 1961, at 5,545 words, delivered by Mr. Grimes.

Of the 31 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×17, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×9, Vice-President ×3, Head of Government ×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.

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Emblems and location

Coat of arms of Liberia
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Liberia.svg by FXXX (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Liberia
Location. Liberia (orthographic projection).svg by Imag source: Martin23230;<br/>, Derivative work: Marcos Elias de Oliveira Júnior (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

114 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 - 2 Nov 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 14 Mar 1947 a
Optional Protocol to the Convention on Special Missions concerning the compulsory settlement of disputes - 16 Sep 2005 a
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character - 16 Sep 2005 a
Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of State Property, Archives and Debts - 16 Sep 2005 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 15 May 1962
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 16 Sep 2005 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 16 Sep 2005 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 28 Aug 1984
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality 24 Apr 1963 -
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 24 Apr 1963 -
Convention on special missions - 16 Sep 2005 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 11 Dec 1948 20 Jun 1950
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 2 May 1986 -
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Apr 1990 4 Jun 1993
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - 16 Sep 2005 a
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families 22 Sep 2004 -
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 26 Jul 2012
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - 5 Nov 1976 a
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 18 Apr 1967 22 Sep 2004
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 18 Apr 1967 22 Sep 2004
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 22 Sep 2004 -
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 16 Sep 2005 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid - 5 Nov 1976 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - 17 Jul 1984 a
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - 22 Sep 2004 a
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 14 Mar 1947 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 -
Agreement on the establishment of the International Vaccine Institute - 12 Oct 2005 a
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 25 Jun 2004 15 Sep 2009
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 22 Sep 2004 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 27 Feb 1980 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 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 -
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 13 Apr 1987
Convention on psychotropic substances 21 Feb 1971 -
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 -
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances - 16 Sep 2005 a
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 16 Sep 2005 a
United Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes - 16 Sep 2005 a
Agreement to establish the South Centre - 16 Sep 2005 a
United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit - 16 Sep 2005 a
United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade - 16 Sep 2005 a
Agreement establishing the African Development Bank 4 Aug 1963 23 Jun 1964
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships 5 Sep 2023 -
Articles of Association for the establishment of an Economic Community of West Africa - 4 May 1967 s
Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods - 16 Sep 2005 a
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development - 11 Apr 1978 a
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 30 Jan 1980 10 May 1990
Customs Convention on Containers, 1972 - 16 Sep 2005 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 16 Sep 2005 a
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods - 16 Sep 2005 a
Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport - 16 Sep 2005 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 16 Sep 2005 a
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 16 Sep 2005 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 16 Sep 2005 a
Convention on Civil Liability for Damage caused during Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail and Inland Navigation Vessels (CRTD) 1 - 16 Sep 2005 a
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 - 16 Sep 2005 a
United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods - 16 Sep 2005 a
Convention on the International Maritime Organization 9 Mar 1954 6 Jan 1959 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - 16 Sep 2005 a
United Nations Convention on Conditions for Registration of Ships - 16 Sep 2005 a
International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 - 16 Sep 2005 a
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character - 16 Sep 2005 a
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 16 Sep 2005 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 16 Sep 2005 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms - 16 Sep 2005 a
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 - 16 Sep 2005 a
International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace - 16 Sep 2005 a
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - 22 Nov 2005 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 3 Nov 2008 3 Nov 2008 A
International Cocoa Agreement, 2010 13 Nov 2012 17 Jan 2014 A
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 9 Dec 1953 -
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 16 Sep 2005 a
Convention on the International Right of Correction - 16 Sep 2005 a
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 - 7 Dec 1953 s
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 17 Jul 1998 22 Sep 2004
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism - 5 Mar 2003 a
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime - 22 Sep 2004 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court - 16 Sep 2005 a
United Nations Convention against Corruption - 16 Sep 2005 a
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 30 Jan 1980 5 Mar 2003
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries - 16 Sep 2005 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 30 Sep 1975 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel - 22 Sep 2004 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 5 Mar 2003 a
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 27 May 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 24 Sep 2024 9 Jun 2025
Convention on the High Seas 27 May 1958 -
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 27 May 1958 -
Convention on the Continental Shelf 27 May 1958 -
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 27 May 1958 s
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 - 16 Sep 2005 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - 16 Sep 2005 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 16 Sep 2005 a
Vienna Convention on succession of States in respect of treaties - 16 Sep 2005 a
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations - 16 Sep 2005 a
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations - 16 Sep 2005 a
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 -
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) - 16 Sep 2005 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 15 Jan 1993 23 Feb 2006
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 1 Oct 1996 17 Aug 2009
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction - 23 Dec 1999 a
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 -
Arms Trade Treaty 4 Jun 2013 21 Apr 2015
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 2 Mar 1998 a
Lusaka Agreement on Co-operative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora - 16 Sep 2005 a
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 22 Sep 2004 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants - 23 May 2002 a
Minamata Convention on Mercury 24 Sep 2014 24 Sep 2024 A
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 15 Jan 1996 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 22 Sep 2004 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 8 Nov 2000
Multilateral Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation of Copyright Royalties - 16 Sep 2005 a

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
iso2LR wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902210+00:00
iso3LBR wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902223+00:00
m49430 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.134873+00:00
nameLiberia wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902182+00:00
un_admission_date1945-11-02 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902194+00:00
unsd_nameLiberia un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.134883+00:00

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