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Member state

Malta at the United Nations

Flag of Malta
Flag of Malta.svg by See File history below for details (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1964-12-01
ISO 3166-1
MT / MLT
Admitted by
A/5815 (the decision is recorded in this document rather than in a resolution of its own)

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
Commonwealth of Nations 1964
United Nations 1964-12-01
International Telecommunication Union 1965-01-01
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 1965-02-10
Universal Postal Union 1965-05-21
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 1973-06-25
World Meteorological Organization 1976-12-28
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1983-09-26
European Union 2004-05-01
World Health Organization not recorded
World Trade 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 0.65 0.53 to 0.77 191
2024 0.75 0.62 to 0.88 108
2023 0.73 0.59 to 0.87 88
2022 0.69 0.55 to 0.83 88
2021 0.64 0.52 to 0.78 86
2020 0.61 0.49 to 0.74 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 8,306
Asylum-seekers hosted 1,390
Stateless people 171
Refugees from Malta abroad 11

Population projection

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

202520302035204020452050
545,405555,231556,508551,735544,634535,721

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

2020 2019 2011 2010 2002 2001 1980 1979 1978

Security Council

2024 2023 1984 1983

Permanent representatives

1 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Vanessa Frazier 2020-01-06in office / not recorded

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Malta to the United Nations, 249 East 35th Street, New York, NY 10016
National holiday
Independence Day, 21 September
Accredited diplomats
12

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1985
Adult literacy rate 93.31 2011
CO2 emissions per capita 3.179 2024
GDP 27,771,821,561 2025
GNI per capita 41,440 2025
Life expectancy at birth 82.96 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 0.4511 2024
Net official development assistance received 11,040,000 2002
Population 579,704 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 8,306 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 11 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

56 statements to the General Debate since 1964, 174,844 words in all. The longest was 1983, at 5,957 words, delivered by SOEBERRAS TRIGONA.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Prime Minister ×19, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×6, Deputy Prime Minister ×4, Prime minister ×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 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1976 1974 1972 1971 1969 1967 1965 1964

Emblems and location

Coat of arms of Malta
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Malta.svg by Tonyjeff, based on national symbol (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Malta
Location. EU-Malta.svg by NuclearVacuum (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

79 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 - 27 Jun 1968 d
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 27 Jun 1968 d
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 7 Mar 1967 d
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 7 Mar 1967 d
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 10 Dec 1997 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 6 Jun 2014 a
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 30 Sep 1990
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - 29 Dec 1994 a
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 10 Oct 2012
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 27 Mar 2015
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 5 Sep 1968 27 May 1971
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 22 Oct 1968 13 Sep 1990
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 13 Sep 1990 a
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 13 Sep 1990 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - 8 Mar 1991 a
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - 13 Sep 1990 a
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 1 Feb 1965 A
Agreement on the establishment of the International Vaccine Institute 13 Mar 1998 -
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 16 Jun 2003 24 Sep 2003
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 15 Sep 1971 a
Convention on psychotropic substances - 22 Feb 1990 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances - 28 Feb 1996 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 - 27 Feb 1975 A
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships 19 Jun 2024 -
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 24 Feb 1977 23 Sep 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 2 Oct 1981 4 Nov 1982
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats - 3 May 1966 d
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 31 Jan 1978 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 18 Feb 1977 a
Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport - 12 Jul 1995 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 3 Jan 1966 d
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 29 Jul 1968 d
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 3 Jan 1966 d
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic - 22 Nov 1966 a
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) - 21 Dec 2007 a
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) - 8 May 2007 a
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) - 24 Sep 2004 a
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 8 Sep 1966 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences 15 May 1975 -
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character - 29 Jul 1968 a
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 19 Jan 1968 d
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 - 18 Nov 2010 s
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 9 Jul 1968 a
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 17 Jul 1998 29 Nov 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 10 Jan 2000 11 Nov 2001
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 14 Dec 2000 24 Sep 2003
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court - 21 Sep 2011 a
United Nations Convention against Corruption 12 May 2005 11 Apr 2008
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 11 Nov 2001 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 11 Nov 2001 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 16 Mar 1995 -
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 11 Nov 2001 a
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone - 19 May 1966 d
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 9 Jun 2025
Convention on the Continental Shelf - 19 May 1966 d
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 19 May 1966 d
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 - 11 Nov 2001 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - 24 Apr 2013 a
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority 26 Jul 2000 -
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 22 Jun 2000 a
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations - 26 Sep 2012 a
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 18 Jun 1998 -
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) - 26 Jun 1995 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 28 Apr 1997
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 23 Jul 2001
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 4 Dec 1997 7 May 2001
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 24 Sep 2009
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 2 Apr 2014
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 25 Aug 2020 21 Sep 2020
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution - 14 Mar 1997 a
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 15 Oct 1994 30 Jan 1998
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 18 Dec 1998 23 Apr 2002
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 17 Jan 2017 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 17 Jan 2017
Minamata Convention on Mercury 8 Oct 2014 18 May 2017
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 15 Sep 1988 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 19 Jun 2000 a
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context - 20 Oct 2010 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 29 Dec 2000

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
A/RES/80/290 2026-07-10 yes
S/RES/2745(2024) 2024-07-30 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
iso2MT wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566595+00:00
iso3MLT wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566601+00:00
m49470 un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.771069+00:00
nameMalta wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566581+00:00
un_admission_date1964-12-01 wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.566587+00:00
unsd_nameMalta un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.771076+00:00

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