Member state

Malaysia at the United Nations

Flag of Malaysia
Flag of Malaysia.svg by MapGrid <small>(old version SKopp, Zscout370 Ranking Update)</small> (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1963-09-16
ISO 3166-1
MY / MYS
Admitted by
A/RES/1134 (XII)
Formerly
Federation of Malaya, until 16 Sept. 1963

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 1963-09-16

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

2010 2009 2008 2005 2004 2003 1997 1996 1995 1993 1992 1991 1985 1984 1983 1978 1977 1976 1973 1972 1971

Human Rights Council

2024 2023 2022 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 2007 2006

Security Council

2016 2015 2000 1999 1990 1989 1965

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations, 313 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
31 August
Accredited diplomats
11

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1980
Adult literacy rate 95.77 2022
CO2 emissions per capita 8.32322 2024
GDP 4.72193e+11 2025
GNI per capita 12,380 2025
Life expectancy at birth 76.821 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 0.987557 2024
Net official development assistance received 6.57866e+06 2023
Population 3.59778e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 150,164 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 2,477 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 1957, 218,022 words in all. The longest was 1964, at 7,703 words, delivered by Mr. Ramani.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Prime Minister ×16, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×9, Deputy Prime Minister ×2, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×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.

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Emblems and location

Coat of arms of Malaysia
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Malaysia.svg by See File history below for details (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Malaysia
Location. Malaysia (orthographic projection).svg by Mhby87 <, )))>< (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

72 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 - 28 Oct 1957 d
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 29 Mar 1962 d
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 9 Nov 1965 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 9 Nov 1965 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 9 Nov 1965 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 1 Oct 1991 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 20 Dec 1994 a
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 -
Convention on the Rights of the Child - 17 Feb 1995 a
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 8 Apr 2008 19 Jul 2010
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - 5 Jul 1995 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - 5 Jul 1995 a
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 24 Apr 1958 A
Agreement on the establishment of the International Vaccine Institute - 20 Aug 2026 a
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 23 Sep 2003 16 Sep 2005
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 - 21 Aug 1958 d
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 11 Jul 1967 a
Convention on psychotropic substances - 22 Jul 1986 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 20 Apr 1978 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 11 May 1993
Charter of the Asian and Pacific Development Centre - 9 Sep 1982 s
Agreement to establish the South Centre 1 Dec 1994 15 Jun 1995
Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank 4 Dec 1965 16 Aug 1966
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development - 23 Jan 1990 a
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 10 Apr 1980 28 Jul 1980
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 7 May 1958 d
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 7 May 1958 d
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 7 May 1958 d
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 - 3 Feb 2006 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 - 3 Feb 2006 a
Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network 24 Sep 2004 -
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 17 Jun 1971 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - 27 Aug 1982 a
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 29 Jun 1959 d
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - 11 Dec 2007 a
Agreement establishing the Southeast Asia Tin Research and Development Centre 28 Apr 1977 11 Jan 1978
Agreement establishing the Southeast Asia Tin Research and Development Centre 28 Apr 1977 11 Jan 1978
International Cocoa Agreement, 2001 16 May 2002 -
International Cocoa Agreement, 2001 16 May 2002 -
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 28 Mar 2007 28 Sep 2007
International Cocoa Agreement, 2010 5 Aug 2013 30 Aug 2013
Agreement establishing the Asian Coconut Community 30 Jun 1969 22 Feb 1972
Agreement establishing the International Pepper Community 21 Apr 1971 22 Mar 1972
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism - 29 May 2007 a
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 26 Sep 2002 24 Sep 2004
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2003 24 Sep 2008
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 - 29 May 2007 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 24 Sep 2003 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 24 Sep 2003 a
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone - 21 Dec 1960 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 3 Sep 2025 -
Convention on the High Seas - 21 Dec 1960 a
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas - 21 Dec 1960 a
Convention on the Continental Shelf - 21 Dec 1960 a
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 1 May 1961 s
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 5 Nov 1985 a
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 7 Aug 2019 -
Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity 23 Jun 1977 23 Jun 1977
Agreement establishing the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development 11 Oct 1978 10 Nov 1980
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 20 Apr 2000
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 23 Jul 1998 17 Jan 2008
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 22 Apr 1999
Arms Trade Treaty 26 Sep 2013 -
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20 Sep 2017 30 Sep 2020
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 6 Oct 1995 25 Jun 1997
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 4 Sep 2002 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 16 May 2002 -
Minamata Convention on Mercury 24 Sep 2014 -
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 29 Aug 1989 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 8 Oct 1993 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 24 Jun 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
iso2MY wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907614+00:00
iso3MYS wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907624+00:00
m49458 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.143470+00:00
nameMalaysia wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907595+00:00
un_admission_date1963-09-16 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907605+00:00
unsd_nameMalaysia un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.143481+00:00

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