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Portugal at the United Nations

Flag of Portugal
Flag of Portugal (official).svg (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1955-12-14
ISO 3166-1
PT / PRT
Admitted by
A/RES/995 (X)

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
International Telecommunication Union 1866-01-01
Universal Postal Union 1875-07-01
North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1949-04-04
World Meteorological Organization 1951-01-15
United Nations 1955-12-14
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1961-03-29
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 1961-08-04
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 1973-06-25
European Union 1986-01-01
World Health Organization not recorded
World Trade Organization not recorded
Council of Europe not recorded

Peacekeeping contribution

Uniformed personnel this state had deployed to UN missions in 2026-07-31, the most recent month the UN Peace and Security Data Hub reports. Counts are deployments, not distinct people.

PersonnelDeployedOf whom women
Troops 149 10
Individual Police 12 4
Staff Officer 3 0
Experts on Mission 2 1

Every contributor, month by month

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 0.86 0.74 to 0.99 191
2024 0.96 0.82 to 1.12 107
2023 0.99 0.83 to 1.16 88
2022 0.96 0.80 to 1.13 88
2021 0.90 0.75 to 1.06 86
2020 0.88 0.74 to 1.03 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 70,349
Asylum-seekers hosted 8,595
Stateless people 46
Refugees from Portugal abroad 109

Population projection

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

202520302035204020452050
10,411,83410,317,92710,208,24010,082,2559,938,3899,770,271

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

2023 2022 2021 2016 2015 2014 2009 2008 2007 2003 2001 2000 1996 1995 1994 1990 1989 1988 1984 1983 1982 1978 1977 1976

Human Rights Council

2017 2016 2015

Security Council

2012 2011 1998 1997 1980 1979

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations, 866 Second Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Day of Portugal, Camões, and the Portuguese Communities, 10 June
Accredited diplomats
12

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1981
Adult literacy rate 94.48 2011
CO2 emissions per capita 3.325 2024
GDP 346,639,825,142 2025
GNI per capita 29,930 2025
Life expectancy at birth 82.38 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1.532 2024
Population 10,804,871 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 70,349 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 109 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

60 statements to the General Debate since 1956, 184,215 words in all. The longest was 1962, at 7,725 words.

Of the 29 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Minister for Foreign Affairs ×10, President ×8, Prime Minister ×8, UN Representative ×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 Portugal
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Portugal.svg by Tonyjeff, based on national symbol (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

106 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 - 14 Oct 1998 a
United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property 25 Feb 2005 14 Sep 2006
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 8 Nov 2012 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 11 Sep 1968 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 13 Sep 1972 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 9 Feb 1999 a
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 21 Sep 1990
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 13 Feb 1990 17 Oct 1990
Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean 24 Jul 1992 23 Jun 1995
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 23 Sep 2009
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 27 Jan 2014
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - 24 Aug 1982 a
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 7 Oct 1976 31 Jul 1978
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 7 Oct 1976 15 Jun 1978
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1 Aug 1978 3 May 1983
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 24 Apr 1980 30 Jul 1980
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4 Feb 1985 9 Feb 1989
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 13 Feb 1948 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 11 Aug 1948 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 9 Jan 2004 8 Nov 2005 AA
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 1 Oct 2012 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 13 Jul 1976 a
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 30 Dec 1971
Convention on psychotropic substances - 20 Apr 1979 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 - 20 Apr 1979 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 13 Dec 1989 3 Dec 1991
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 23 Sep 2020 a
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 30 Sep 1977 30 Nov 1978
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization [10 Sep 1979 ] [21 May 1984 ] (withdrawn)
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles - 8 May 1967 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats - 16 Feb 1965 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 6 Jun 1966 a
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport - 15 Jan 1968 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) - 13 Feb 1979 a
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods - 10 Nov 1987 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring 4 Jun 1954 18 Sep 1958
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 18 Sep 1958 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 4 Jun 1954 18 Sep 1958
Customs Convention on Containers - 1 May 1964 a
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) - 22 Sep 1969 a
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) - 29 Dec 1967 a
European Agreement on Road Markings 13 Dec 1957 26 Mar 1959
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 - 29 Jan 1980 a
Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied - 28 Dec 1955 a
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 30 Mar 1971 20 Sep 1973
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 28 May 1971 15 Aug 1988
European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) - 8 Jan 1991 a
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals - 15 Feb 1957 a
Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections 13 Nov 1997 -
Declaration on the construction of main international traffic arteries - 1 Apr 1954 a
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for passengers and baggage carried by rail - 24 Sep 1956 a
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for goods carried by rail - 24 Sep 1956 a
European Agreement on Main International Railway Lines (AGC) 1 Nov 1985 -
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 31 Mar 1978 -
European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) - 5 Jan 1996 a
Convention on the International Maritime Organization 6 Mar 1948 17 Mar 1976 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - 13 Jun 1990 a
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 11 Jun 1984 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 17 Apr 2002 a
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 - 11 Jun 1984 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 9 Jun 2008 17 Dec 2009
Food Assistance Convention 6 Sep 2012 -
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 7 Oct 1998 5 Feb 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 16 Feb 2000 18 Oct 2002
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 12 Dec 2000 10 May 2004
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 10 Dec 2002 3 Oct 2007
United Nations Convention against Corruption 11 Dec 2003 28 Sep 2007
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 16 Jun 1980 6 Jul 1984
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 11 Sep 1995 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 15 Dec 1994 14 Oct 1998
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 30 Dec 1999 10 Nov 2001
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 28 Oct 1958 8 Jan 1963
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 28 May 2025 AA
Convention on the High Seas 28 Oct 1958 8 Jan 1963
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 28 Oct 1958 8 Jan 1963
Convention on the Continental Shelf 28 Oct 1958 8 Jan 1963
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 28 Oct 1958 8 Jan 1963
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 27 Jun 1996 19 Dec 2003
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 30 Jun 1999 8 Oct 2009
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority 6 Apr 2000 2 Feb 2007
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 18 Oct 1994 a
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations - 21 Jul 2021 a
Convention relating to the distribution of programme-carrying signals transmitted by satellite - 11 Dec 1995 a
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 18 Jun 1998 -
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 -
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 4 Apr 1997
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 10 Sep 1996
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 26 Jun 2000
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 19 Feb 1999
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 9 Mar 2011
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 25 Sep 2014
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution 14 Nov 1979 29 Sep 1980
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 14 Oct 1994 1 Apr 1996
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses 11 Nov 1997 22 Jun 2005
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 9 Jun 2003
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 16 Feb 2005 AA
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 15 Jul 2004 A
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 - 28 Aug 2018 a
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 17 Oct 1988 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 26 Jun 1989 26 Jan 1994
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 26 Feb 1991 6 Apr 2000
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 9 Jun 1992 9 Dec 1994
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 9 Jun 1992 2 Nov 2006
Convention on Biological Diversity 13 Jun 1992 21 Dec 1993

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
A/RES/80/290 2026-07-10 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
iso2PT wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.565829+00:00
iso3PRT wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.565836+00:00
m49620 un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.770519+00:00
namePortugal wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.565813+00:00
un_admission_date1955-12-14 wikidata 1.02026-10-12T02:20:06.565821+00:00
unsd_namePortugal un_sdg 1.02026-10-12T02:20:11.770526+00:00

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