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Member state

Philippines at the United Nations

Flag of Philippines
Flag of the Philippines.svg by See File history below for details (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1946-07-04
ISO 3166-1
PH / PHL
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-11-11

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 1946-07-04

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 2018 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1988 1987 1986 1980 1979 1978 1977 1968 1967 1966 1953 1952 1951

Human Rights Council

2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2014 2013 2012 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006

Security Council

2005 2004 1981 1980 1963 1957

Permanent representatives

1 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Teodoro Locsin, Jr. 2017-04-192018-10-12

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Philippines to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations, 556 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10036
National holiday
Independence Day, 12 June
Accredited diplomats
27

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1980
Adult literacy rate 98.47 2020
CO2 emissions per capita 1.50301 2024
GDP 4.87086e+11 2025
GNI per capita 4,850 2025
Life expectancy at birth 69.946 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1.32427 2024
Net official development assistance received 1.84269e+09 2023
Population 1.16787e+08 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 1,032 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 807 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

76 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 215,397 words in all. The longest was 1968, at 7,055 words, delivered by Mr. RAMOS.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Minister for Foreign Affairs ×15, President ×8, Secretary for Foreign Affairs ×5, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×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 Philippines
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of the Philippines.svg by {{En (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Philippines
Location. Philippines on the globe (Philippines centered).svg by Addicted04 (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

95 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 - 11 Oct 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 28 Oct 1947 a
Optional Protocol to the Convention on Special Missions concerning the compulsory settlement of disputes 16 Dec 1969 26 Nov 1976
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 20 Mar 1950 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 20 Oct 1961 15 Nov 1965
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality 20 Oct 1961 15 Nov 1965
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 20 Oct 1961 15 Nov 1965
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 15 Nov 1965
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 15 Nov 1965 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 24 Apr 1963 15 Nov 1965
Convention on special missions 16 Dec 1969 26 Nov 1976
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 11 Dec 1948 7 Jul 1950
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 27 Jul 1987
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 21 Aug 1990
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 20 Sep 2006 20 Nov 2007
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families 15 Nov 1993 5 Jul 1995
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 25 Sep 2007 15 Apr 2008
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 7 Mar 1966 15 Sep 1967
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 19 Dec 1966 7 Jun 1974
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 19 Dec 1966 23 Oct 1986
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 19 Dec 1966 22 Aug 1989
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 15 May 1973 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid 2 May 1974 26 Jan 1978
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 15 Jul 1980 5 Aug 1981
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - 18 Jun 1986 a
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 9 Jul 1948 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique - 22 Jul 1946 s
Agreement on the establishment of the International Vaccine Institute 5 Nov 1996 27 Feb 2004
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 23 Sep 2003 6 Jun 2005
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 24 Mar 2022 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 22 Jul 1981 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 25 May 1950 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 10 Mar 1949 7 Dec 1953 A
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium 23 Jun 1953 1 Jun 1955
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 2 Oct 1967
Convention on psychotropic substances - 7 Jun 1974 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 7 Jun 1974
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 7 Jun 1996
Charter of the Asian and Pacific Development Centre - 15 Dec 1982 s
United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade 19 Apr 1991 -
Agreement to establish the South Centre 13 Oct 1994 14 Jun 1996
United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts 25 Sep 2007 7 Jul 2022
Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific - 23 Dec 2019 a
Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank 4 Dec 1965 5 Jul 1966
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 5 Jan 1977 4 Apr 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 12 Oct 1979 7 Jan 1980
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring 4 Jun 1954 9 Feb 1960
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material 4 Jun 1954 19 Feb 1960
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 4 Jun 1954 9 Feb 1960
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 Nov 2022 a
Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied 19 Sep 1949 -
Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network 2 Nov 2005 18 Dec 2007
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 14 Jun 1978 -
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 9 Nov 1964 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences 2 Aug 1974 2 Mar 1976
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character 31 Dec 1949 13 Nov 1952 A
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials 22 Nov 1950 30 Aug 1952
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 25 Jun 1984 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms 29 Apr 1972 -
International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace - 20 Mar 1984 a
International Sugar Agreement, 1992 - 14 Nov 1996 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 29 Sep 2008 8 Jul 2009
Agreement establishing the Asian Coconut Community 12 Dec 1968 26 Aug 1969
Convention on the Political Rights of Women 23 Sep 1953 12 Sep 1957
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages 5 Feb 1963 21 Jan 1965
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court [28 Dec 2000 ] [30 Aug 2011 ] (withdrawn)
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 16 Nov 2001 7 Jan 2004
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 14 Dec 2000 28 May 2002
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2003 8 Nov 2006
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 2 May 1980 14 Oct 1980
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 26 Nov 1976 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 27 Feb 1995 17 Jun 1997
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 23 Sep 1998 7 Jan 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 23 Sep 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 30 Aug 1996 24 Sep 2014
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 10 Jun 1958 6 Jul 1967
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 7 Aug 2019 -
Agreement governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies 23 Apr 1980 26 May 1981
Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity 28 Oct 1976 17 Jun 1977
Agreement establishing the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development 12 Sep 1977 11 Sep 1986 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) 15 May 1981 15 Jul 1996
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 11 Dec 1996
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 23 Feb 2001
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 15 Feb 2000
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 3 Jan 2019
Arms Trade Treaty 25 Sep 2013 24 Mar 2022
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20 Sep 2017 18 Feb 2021
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 8 Dec 1994 10 Feb 2000
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 31 Jul 2006
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 27 Feb 2004
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 8 Jul 2020
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 17 Jul 1991 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1989 21 Oct 1993
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 8 Oct 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
iso2PH wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.908263+00:00
iso3PHL wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.908272+00:00
m49608 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.143906+00:00
namePhilippines wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.908242+00:00
un_admission_date1946-07-04 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.908253+00:00
unsd_namePhilippines un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.143916+00:00

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