Member state

Luxembourg at the United Nations

Flag of Luxembourg
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Admitted
1945-10-24
ISO 3166-1
LU / LUX
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-10-17

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 1957-03-25

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

2021 2020 2019 2009 2008 2007 1997 1996 1995 1985 1984 1983 1966 1965 1964

Human Rights Council

2024 2023 2022

Security Council

2014 2013

Permanent representatives

1 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Olivier Maes 2021-07-15in office / not recorded

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the United Nations, 17 Beekman Place, New York, NY 10022
National holiday
23 June
Accredited diplomats
6

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1970
CO2 emissions per capita 10.5573 2024
GDP 1.01158e+11 2025
GNI per capita 95,720 2025
Life expectancy at birth 83.1951 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 0.962679 2024
Population 686,970 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 10,284 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 20 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

58 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 173,994 words in all. The longest was 1980, at 8,043 words, delivered by Thorn.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Deputy Prime Minister ×17, Prime Minister ×6, Prime Minister, Minister of State, Minister for Communication and Media, and Minister for Worship ×2, UN Representative ×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 Luxembourg
Coat of arms. Greater coat of arms of the grand-duchy of Luxembourg.svg by Katepanomegas (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Luxembourg
Location. EU-Luxembourg.svg by NuclearVacuum (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

133 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 - 17 Oct 1945
Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes - 28 Jun 1961 a
Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes - 28 Jun 1961 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 14 Feb 1949 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 20 Sep 1950 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 2 Feb 1962 17 Aug 1966
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 2 Feb 1962 17 Aug 1966
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Mar 1964 8 Mar 1972
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 24 Mar 1964 8 Mar 1972
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 7 Oct 1981 a
Convention on the Rights of the Child 21 Mar 1990 7 Mar 1994
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 13 Feb 1990 12 Feb 1992
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 26 Sep 2011
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 1 Apr 2022
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 12 Dec 1967 1 May 1978
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 26 Nov 1974 18 Aug 1983
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 26 Nov 1974 18 Aug 1983
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 18 Aug 1983 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 2 Feb 1989
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 22 Feb 1985 29 Sep 1987
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 3 Jun 1949 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 3 Jun 1949 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 16 Jun 2003 30 Jun 2005
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 21 Sep 2017 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 22 Apr 1971 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 13 Oct 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 17 Oct 1952 A
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium - 28 Jun 1955 a
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 28 Jul 1961 27 Oct 1972
Convention on psychotropic substances - 7 Feb 1991 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 13 Oct 1976
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 26 Sep 1989 29 Apr 1992
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 14 Mar 1955 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 4 May 1949 14 Mar 1955 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 14 Mar 1955 A
Protocol amending the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris, on 4 May 1910 4 May 1949 14 Mar 1955 A
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 30 Jan 1997 a
United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade 12 Jun 2002 -
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships 25 Apr 2024 -
Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States 28 Dec 1965 -
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 18 Feb 1977 9 Dec 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 5 Oct 1979 9 Sep 1983
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 18 May 1956 28 Jan 1964
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats 18 May 1956 13 Oct 1964
Customs Convention concerning spare parts used for repairing EUROP wagons [12 Feb 1958 ] [19 Feb 1960 ] (withdrawn)
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 14 Apr 1959 3 Jul 1962
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport 6 Feb 1961 31 Jul 1962
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 23 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 6 Dec 1954 21 Nov 1956
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material 6 Dec 1954 21 Nov 1956
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 6 Dec 1954 21 Nov 1956
Customs Convention on Containers 18 May 1956 25 Oct 1960
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic 18 May 1956 28 May 1965
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) 19 May 1956 20 Apr 1964
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Goods Transport 20 Feb 1957 28 May 1965
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles Engaged in International Passenger Transport 20 Feb 1957 28 May 1965
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) 13 Dec 1957 21 Jul 1970
European Agreement on Road Markings 13 Dec 1957 28 Jun 1961
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 - 13 Oct 1971 a
Agreement on Special Equipment for the Transport of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Use of such Equipment for the International Transport of some of those Foodstuffs 22 Jun 1962 -
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 1 Mar 1962 -
Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied 19 Sep 1949 17 Oct 1952
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 2 Feb 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 25 May 1971 9 May 1978
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on road traffic opened for signature at Vienna on 8 November 1968 25 May 1971 25 Nov 1975
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals 25 May 1971 25 Nov 1975
Protocol on Road Markings, additional to the European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals 4 Jul 1973 25 Nov 1975
Convention on the contract for the international carriage of passengers and luggage by road (CVR) 4 Jul 1973 -
Agreement on minimum requirements for the issue and validity of driving permits (APC) 9 Dec 1975 4 Oct 1982
European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) 16 Jun 1976 20 Nov 1981
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals 19 Sep 1949 17 Oct 1952
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 - 16 Sep 2005 a
European Agreement supplementing the 1949 Convention on road traffic and the 1949 Protocol on road signs and signals 16 Sep 1950 17 Oct 1952
European Agreement on the application of article 3 of annex 7 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 17 Oct 1952
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 17 Oct 1952
Declaration on the construction of main international traffic arteries - 16 Sep 1950 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 3 Jun 1957
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for passengers and baggage carried by rail 10 Jan 1952 26 Jan 1954
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for goods carried by rail 10 Jan 1952 26 Jan 1954
European Agreement on Main International Railway Lines (AGC) 17 Jul 1986 28 Oct 1996
European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN) 20 Jan 1997 29 Jun 1999
European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) 29 Jan 2001 24 May 2007
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea 31 Aug 2010 -
European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) 30 Oct 1991 13 Jul 1994
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 14 Feb 1991 A
Convention on the registration of inland navigation vessels 14 Dec 1965 26 Mar 1982
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 - 25 Nov 1975 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms 29 Oct 1971 25 Nov 1975
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 18 Jun 1980 22 Jun 1982
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 10 Sep 2009 7 Jul 2010
Food Assistance Convention 24 Sep 2012 29 Apr 2014
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 4 Jun 1969 1 Nov 1976
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 13 Oct 1998 8 Sep 2000
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 20 Sep 2001 5 Nov 2003
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000 12 May 2008
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 10 Sep 2002 20 Jan 2006
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 6 Nov 2007
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 18 Dec 1979 29 Apr 1991
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 10 May 2006 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 31 May 1995 30 Jul 2001
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 6 Feb 1998 6 Feb 2004
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 29 Jul 2025
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 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
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 11 Nov 1958 9 Sep 1983
European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration - 26 Mar 1982 a
United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration 15 Sep 2015 -
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations - 8 Jun 2012 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) 10 Apr 1981 21 May 1996
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 15 Apr 1997
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 26 May 1999
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 4 Dec 1997 14 Jun 1999
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 10 Jul 2009
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 3 Jun 2014
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 14 Oct 1994 4 Feb 1997
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses 14 Oct 1997 8 Jun 2012
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 25 Oct 2005
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 28 Aug 2002
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 7 Feb 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 21 Sep 2017
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 17 Apr 1985 17 Oct 1988
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1989 7 Feb 1994
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 26 Feb 1991 29 Aug 1995
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 20 May 1992 7 Jun 1994
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 20 May 1992 8 Aug 1994
Convention on Biological Diversity 9 Jun 1992 9 May 1994

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
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
iso2LU wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.905034+00:00
iso3LUX wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.905043+00:00
m49442 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.141164+00:00
nameLuxembourg wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.905015+00:00
un_admission_date1945-10-24 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.905024+00:00
unsd_nameLuxembourg un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.141178+00:00

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