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Lithuania at the United Nations

Flag of Lithuania
Flag of Lithuania.svg (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1991-09-17
ISO 3166-1
LT / LTU
Admitted by
A/RES/46/6

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 1923-07-01
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 1991-09-10
United Nations 1991-09-17
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1991-10-07
Universal Postal Union 1992-01-10
World Meteorological Organization 1992-06-03
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1992-07-06
World Trade Organization 2001-05-31
North Atlantic Treaty Organization 2004-03-29
European Union 2004-05-01
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2018-07-05
World Health Organization not recorded
Council of Europe not recorded

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 1.07 0.94 to 1.22 191
2024 1.21 1.05 to 1.39 108
2023 1.22 1.03 to 1.39 88
2022 1.21 1.03 to 1.41 87
2021 1.10 0.93 to 1.27 86
2020 1.16 0.99 to 1.34 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 54,381
Asylum-seekers hosted 156
Stateless people 2,143
Refugees from Lithuania abroad 101

Population projection

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

202520302035204020452050
2,830,1442,706,3582,597,3922,484,8352,372,1372,258,774

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

2007 2006 2005

Human Rights Council

2024 2023 2022

Security Council

2015 2014

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations, 600 Third Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10016
National holiday
Independence Day, 16 February
Accredited diplomats
7

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1989
Adult literacy rate 99.82 2011
CO2 emissions per capita 4.491 2024
GDP 95,210,150,818 2025
GNI per capita 30,500 2025
Life expectancy at birth 77.2 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 3.118 2024
Population 2,888,774 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 54,381 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 101 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

35 statements to the General Debate since 1991, 51,122 words in all. The longest was 1994, at 3,794 words, delivered by Mr. Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×24, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×6, Minister for Foregn Affairs ×1, UN Representative ×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

Emblems and location

Coat of arms of Lithuania
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Lithuania.svg by Government of Lithuania (Public domain) — 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
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 17 Mar 1997 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 10 Feb 1997 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 15 Jan 1992 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 26 Sep 2012 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 15 Jan 1992 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 26 Sep 2012 a
Convention on special missions - 5 Aug 2004 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 1 Feb 1996 a
Convention on the Rights of the Child - 31 Jan 1992 a
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 8 Sep 2000 27 Mar 2002
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 18 Aug 2010
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 14 Aug 2013
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 8 Jun 1998 10 Dec 1998
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 20 Nov 1991 a
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 20 Nov 1991 a
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 20 Nov 1991 a
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 1 Feb 1996 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - 18 Jan 1994 a
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - 1 Feb 1996 a
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 25 Nov 1991 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 22 Sep 2003 16 Dec 2004
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 22 Jul 2013 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 28 Apr 1997 a
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 28 Feb 1994 a
Convention on psychotropic substances - 28 Feb 1994 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances - 8 Jun 1998 a
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 18 Jan 1995 a
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development - 27 Nov 2024 a
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization - [17 Oct 1991 a] (withdrawn)
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles - 3 Jan 2003 a
Customs Convention on Containers, 1972 - 27 Mar 2002 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 26 Feb 1993 a
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods - 7 Dec 1995 a
Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport - 3 Jan 2003 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 1 Dec 2005 a
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 1 Dec 2005 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 3 Jan 2003 a
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) - 17 Mar 1993 a
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) - 7 Dec 1995 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 - 28 Jan 2002 a
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) - 3 Jun 1998 a
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 - 28 Apr 2000 a
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on road traffic opened for signature at Vienna on 8 November 1968 - 31 Jan 1992 a
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals - 31 Jan 1992 a
European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) - 27 Aug 1993 a
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 - 26 May 2006 a
European Agreement on Main International Railway Lines (AGC) - 27 Mar 2002 a
International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993 - 8 Feb 2008 a
European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN) 25 Jun 1997 28 Apr 2000
European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) - 8 Feb 2008 a
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 7 Dec 1995 A
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 21 Aug 1998 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 22 Apr 1999 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms - 27 Oct 1999 a
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 - 21 Aug 1998 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 30 Apr 2008 17 Dec 2009
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 10 Dec 1998 12 May 2003
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism - 20 Feb 2003 a
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000 9 May 2002
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 25 May 2004 30 Dec 2004
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 21 Dec 2006
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 22 Sep 2026 -
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 2 Feb 2001 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 23 Oct 2002 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel - 8 Sep 2000 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 8 Jun 1998 17 Mar 2004
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone - 31 Jan 1992 a
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 -
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 - 1 Mar 2007 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - 1 Nov 2005 a
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority - 26 Sep 2012 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 14 Mar 1995 a
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations - 9 Dec 2004 a
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques - 16 Apr 2002 a
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) - 3 Jun 1998 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 15 Apr 1998
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 7 Oct 1996 7 Feb 2000
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction [26 Feb 1999 ] [12 May 2003 ] (withdrawn)
Convention on Cluster Munitions [ 3 Dec 2008 ] [24 Mar 2011 ] (withdrawn)
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 18 Dec 2014
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution - 25 Jan 1994 a
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 25 Jul 2003 a
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 28 Jan 2002
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 17 Mar 2004 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 17 May 2002 5 Dec 2006
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 15 Jan 2018
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 18 Jan 1995 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 22 Apr 1999 a
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context - 11 Jan 2001 a
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 18 Mar 1992 28 Apr 2000
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 18 Mar 1992 2 Nov 2000
Convention on Biological Diversity 11 Jun 1992 1 Feb 1996
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas - 27 Jun 2005 a

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
iso2LT wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.565296+00:00
iso3LTU wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.565304+00:00
m49440 un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.770170+00:00
nameLithuania wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.565281+00:00
un_admission_date1991-09-17 wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.565288+00:00
unsd_nameLithuania un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.770176+00:00

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