Member state

Norway at the United Nations

Flag of Norway
Flag of Norway.svg (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-11-27
ISO 3166-1
NO / NOR
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-11-27

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 1945-11-27

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

2028 pending 2027 pending 2026 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2011 2010 2009 2001 2000 1999 1995 1994 1993 1989 1988 1987 1983 1982 1981 1977 1976 1975 1971 1970 1969 1956 1955 1954 1947 1946

Human Rights Council

2012 2011 2010 2009

Security Council

2022 2021 2002 2001 1980 1979 1964 1963 1950 1949

Permanent representatives

1 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Trygve Lie 1946-02-021952-11-10

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 885 Second Avenue, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Constitution Day, 17 May
Accredited diplomats
19

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1970
CO2 emissions per capita 7.1783 2024
GDP 5.30756e+11 2025
GNI per capita 97,310 2025
Life expectancy at birth 83.161 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2.09124 2024
Population 5.61087e+06 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 124,006 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

68 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 156,531 words in all. The longest was 1956, at 5,514 words, delivered by Mr. LANGE.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Minister for Foreign Affairs ×13, Prime Minister ×13, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×2, Chair of the Delegation ×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 Norway
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Norway.svg by Emblazonment by Sverre Morken (1992), redrawn by Jonas Madsen Rogne (2023) on behalf of the Norwegian Government Design Programme (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Norway
Location. Europe-Norway.svg by Hayden120 and NuclearVacuum (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

122 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 - 27 Nov 1945
Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes - 16 Jul 1951 a
Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes - 16 Jul 1951 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 18 Aug 1947 a
United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property 8 Jul 2005 27 Mar 2006
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 25 Jan 1950 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 24 Oct 1967
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality 18 Apr 1961 24 Oct 1967
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 18 Apr 1961 24 Oct 1967
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 13 Feb 1980
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality 24 Apr 1963 13 Feb 1980
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 24 Apr 1963 13 Feb 1980
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 11 Dec 1948 22 Jul 1949
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 8 Jan 1991
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 13 Feb 1990 5 Sep 1991
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 3 Jun 2013
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 21 Dec 2007 22 Aug 2019
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 21 Nov 1966 6 Aug 1970
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 20 Mar 1968 13 Sep 1972
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 20 Mar 1968 13 Sep 1972
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 20 Mar 1968 13 Sep 1972
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 21 May 1981
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4 Feb 1985 9 Jul 1986
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 18 Aug 1947 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 18 Aug 1947 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 16 Jun 2003 16 Jun 2003 AA
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 11 Aug 1971 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 28 Nov 1967 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 2 Jul 1947 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 24 May 1949 A
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 1 Sep 1967
Convention on psychotropic substances - 18 Jul 1975 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 12 Nov 1973
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 14 Nov 1994
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 28 Nov 1947 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 s
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 28 Nov 1947 A
Protocol amending the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris, on 4 May 1910 - 4 May 1949 s
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 26 May 1981 20 Jul 1988
Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States - 17 Sep 1968 a
Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank 28 Jan 1966 14 Jul 1966
Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods 11 Dec 1975 20 Mar 1980
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 20 Jan 1977 8 Jul 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 28 Sep 1979 13 Feb 1981
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles - 11 Jul 1966 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 2 Mar 1960 a
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport - 27 Oct 1964 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 11 Jan 1980 a
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods - 10 Jul 1985 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 10 Oct 1961 a
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 10 Oct 1961 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 10 Oct 1961 a
Customs Convention on Containers - 22 Nov 1961 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic - 9 Jul 1965 a
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) - 1 Jul 1969 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Goods Transport - 17 May 1957 s
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles Engaged in International Passenger Transport - 17 May 1957 s
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) - 5 Feb 1976 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 - 3 Feb 1975 a
Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied 19 Sep 1949 -
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 16 Mar 1971 28 Oct 1971
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 - 14 Jul 1979 a
European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) - 14 Sep 1992 a
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals 19 Sep 1949 -
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 - 30 Sep 2004 a
Declaration on the construction of main international traffic arteries - 15 Dec 1953 a
General Agreement on Economic Regulations for International Road transport (a) Additional Protocol (b) Protocol of Signature - 17 Jan 1956 a
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for passengers and baggage carried by rail 10 Jan 1952 28 Oct 1952
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for goods carried by rail 10 Jan 1952 28 Oct 1952
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 18 Apr 1979 -
International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993 31 Aug 1994 -
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea 23 Sep 2009 -
United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods 28 Aug 1981 -
European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) 30 Mar 1992 30 Apr 1992 A
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 29 Dec 1958 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - 28 Jun 1985 a
International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 25 Aug 2000 -
Protocol amending the International Convention relating to Economic Statistics, signed at Geneva on 14 December 1928 9 Dec 1948 22 Mar 1949 A
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character 20 Dec 1949 12 Jan 1950 A
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 2 Apr 1959 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 10 Apr 1978 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms 28 Apr 1972 10 Apr 1978
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 13 Sep 2006 3 Sep 2008
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 18 Sep 1953 24 Aug 1956
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 10 Sep 1964 a
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 24 Feb 1954 11 Apr 1957 A
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 28 Aug 1998 16 Feb 2000
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 1 Oct 2001 15 Jul 2002
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000 23 Sep 2003
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 10 Sep 2002 10 Sep 2002
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2003 29 Jun 2006
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 18 Dec 1980 2 Jul 1981
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents 10 May 1974 28 Apr 1980
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 15 Dec 1994 3 Jul 1995
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 31 Jul 1998 20 Sep 1999
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 4 Jun 2025
Convention on the Continental Shelf - 9 Sep 1971 a
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 4 Dec 1995 30 Dec 1996
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 1 Jul 1997 1 Aug 1997
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority - 10 May 2006 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 14 Mar 1961 a
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 15 Feb 1979
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 7 Jun 1983
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 7 Apr 1994
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 15 Jul 1999
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 9 Jul 1998
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 3 Dec 2008
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 12 Feb 2014
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution 13 Nov 1979 13 Feb 1981
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 15 Oct 1994 30 Aug 1996
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses 30 Sep 1998 30 Sep 1998
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 2 May 2003
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 25 Oct 2001 A
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 11 Jul 2002
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 12 May 2017
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 22 Mar 1985 23 Sep 1986
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1989 2 Jul 1990
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 25 Feb 1991 23 Jun 1993
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 18 Sep 1992 1 Apr 1993 AA
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 18 Sep 1992 1 Apr 1993 AA
Convention on Biological Diversity 9 Jun 1992 9 Jul 1993

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
iso2NO wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903521+00:00
iso3NOR wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903532+00:00
m49578 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135803+00:00
nameNorway wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903502+00:00
un_admission_date1945-11-27 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.903512+00:00
unsd_nameNorway un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135811+00:00

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