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Panama at the United Nations

Flag of Panama
Flag of Panama.svg by Zscout370 et al (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-11-13
ISO 3166-1
PA / PAN
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-11-13

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 1945-11-13

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

2022 2021 2020 2016 2015 2014 2006 2005 2004 1988 1987 1986 1968 1967 1966

Human Rights Council

2018 2017 2016

Security Council

2026 2025 2008 2007 1982 1981 1977 1976 1973 1972 1959 1958

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Panama to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Panama to the United Nations, 10 Grand Central, 155 East 44th Street, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Independence Day, 3 November
Accredited diplomats
8

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1980
Adult literacy rate 96.2277 2024
CO2 emissions per capita 2.7383 2024
GDP 9.04626e+10 2025
GNI per capita 19,140 2025
Life expectancy at birth 79.775 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 0.974137 1999
Net official development assistance received 4.10184e+08 2023
Population 4.57119e+06 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 2,694 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 375 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

66 statements to the General Debate since 1950, 195,242 words in all. The longest was 1982, at 10,012 words, delivered by ILLUECA.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×22, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×7, UN Representative ×2, Vice-President ×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 Panama
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Panama.svg by Milenioscuro (CC0 1.0) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Panama
Location. PAN orthographic.svg by Addicted04 (CC BY-SA) — 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
Charter of the United Nations - 13 Nov 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 27 May 1947 a
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character 12 Mar 1976 16 Mar 1977
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 4 Dec 1963
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 4 Dec 1963 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 4 Dec 1963 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 4 Dec 1963 28 Aug 1967
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality 4 Dec 1963 28 Aug 1967
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 4 Dec 1963 28 Aug 1967
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 11 Dec 1948 11 Jan 1950
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 -
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 12 Dec 1990
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - 21 Jan 1993 a
Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean 24 Jul 1992 10 Feb 1994
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 7 Aug 2007
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 25 Sep 2007 24 Jun 2011
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 8 Dec 1966 16 Aug 1967
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 27 Jul 1976 8 Mar 1977
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 27 Jul 1976 8 Mar 1977
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 27 Jul 1976 8 Mar 1977
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 21 Jun 2007 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid 7 May 1976 16 Mar 1977
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 26 Jun 1980 29 Oct 1981
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 22 Feb 1985 24 Aug 1987
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 20 Feb 1951 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 20 Feb 1951 A
Agreement on the establishment of the International Vaccine Institute 28 Oct 1996 27 Dec 2022
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 26 Sep 2003 16 Aug 2004
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 2 Jun 2011 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 2 Aug 1978 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 - 15 Dec 1946 s
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 -
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium 28 Dec 1953 13 Apr 1954
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 4 Dec 1963
Convention on psychotropic substances - 18 Feb 1972 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 18 May 1972 19 Oct 1972
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 13 Jan 1994
Agreement to establish the South Centre 30 Sep 1994 4 Apr 1996
United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit 9 Jul 1997 21 May 1998
United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts 25 Sep 2007 -
United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships 4 Mar 2025 19 Mar 2026
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 8 Mar 1977 13 Apr 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 17 Aug 1979 23 Jul 1980
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring 4 Jun 1954 -
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material 4 Jun 1954 -
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 4 Jun 1954 -
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 31 Mar 1978 -
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 31 Dec 1958 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 2 Jun 1983 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms 28 Apr 1972 20 Mar 1974
International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace - 20 Mar 1981 s
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 11 Dec 1984 12 Aug 1986
International Sugar Agreement, 1992 23 Dec 1992 -
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 8 Dec 2006 14 Feb 2008
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 18 Jul 1998 21 Mar 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 12 Nov 2001 3 Jul 2002
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000 18 Aug 2004
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 14 Apr 2003 16 Aug 2004
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 23 Sep 2005
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 30 Jul 2026 -
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages 24 Jan 1980 19 Aug 1982
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 17 Jun 1980 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 15 Dec 1994 4 Apr 1996
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 3 Sep 1998 5 Mar 1999
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 2 May 1958 -
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 23 Oct 2024
Convention on the High Seas 2 May 1958 -
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 2 May 1958 -
Convention on the Continental Shelf 2 May 1958 -
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 2 May 1958 s
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 - 16 Dec 2008 a
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea - 1 Mar 2005 a
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority - 31 May 2017 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 10 Oct 1984 a
United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration 10 Jan 2025 -
Convention relating to the distribution of programme-carrying signals transmitted by satellite - 25 Jun 1985 a
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 20 Sep 2001 5 Mar 2003
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques - 13 May 2003 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) - 26 Mar 1997 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 16 Jun 1993 7 Oct 1998
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 23 Mar 1999
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 4 Dec 1997 7 Oct 1998
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 29 Nov 2010
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 11 Feb 2014
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20 Sep 2017 11 Apr 2019
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 22 Feb 1995 4 Apr 1996
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 18 Aug 2000
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 5 Mar 2003
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 29 Sep 2015
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean 27 Sep 2018 10 Mar 2020
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 13 Feb 1989 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1989 22 Feb 1991
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes - 6 Jul 2023 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 13 Jun 1992 17 Jan 1995

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
S/RES/2824(2026) - yes
A/RES/80/282 - yes
A/RES/80/286 - yes
S/RES/2825(2026) - 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
iso2PA wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907054+00:00
iso3PAN wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907063+00:00
m49591 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.142523+00:00
namePanama wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907032+00:00
un_admission_date1945-11-13 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907044+00:00
unsd_namePanama un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.142529+00:00

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