Member state

Rwanda at the United Nations

Flag of Rwanda
Flag of Rwanda.svg (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1962-09-18
ISO 3166-1
RW / RWA
Admitted by
A/RES/1748 (XVII)

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 1962-09-18

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

2018 2017 2016 2012 2011 2010 2001 2000 1999 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1980 1979 1978 1977

Human Rights Council

2019 2018 2017

Security Council

2014 2013 1995 1994

Permanent representatives

2 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Valentine Rugwabiza 2016-11in office / not recorded
Valentine Rugwabiza 20022005

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations, 124 East 39th Street, New York, NY 10016
National holiday
Independence Day, 1 July
Accredited diplomats
5

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1978
Adult literacy rate 78.76 2022
CO2 emissions per capita 0.162129 2024
GDP 1.63721e+10 2025
GNI per capita 1,150 2025
Life expectancy at birth 68.017 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 1.24772 2024
Net official development assistance received 1.38733e+09 2023
Population 1.45693e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 115,794 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 244,415 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

62 statements to the General Debate since 1963, 169,202 words in all. The longest was 1989, at 6,402 words, delivered by BIZIMUNGU.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×19, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×5, UN Representative ×3, Prime Minister ×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 Rwanda
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Rwanda.svg by FischX and Zscout370 (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

65 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 - 15 Apr 1964 a
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character - 29 Nov 1977 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 15 Apr 1964 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 15 Apr 1964 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 31 May 1974 a
Convention on special missions - 29 Nov 1977 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 16 Apr 1975 a
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 -
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 24 Jan 1991
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty - 15 Dec 2008 a
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families - 15 Dec 2008 a
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - 15 Dec 2008 a
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - 16 Apr 1975 a
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 16 Apr 1975 a
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 16 Apr 1975 a
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 16 Apr 1975 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid 15 Oct 1974 23 Jan 1981
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1 May 1980 2 Mar 1981
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - 15 Dec 2008 a
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 7 Nov 1962 A
Agreement on the establishment of the International Vaccine Institute - 22 Mar 2022 a
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 2 Jun 2004 19 Oct 2005
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 4 Oct 2006 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 3 Jan 1980 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 May 1964 d
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium - 30 Apr 1964 d
Convention on psychotropic substances 21 Feb 1971 15 Jul 1981
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances - 13 May 2002 a
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods - 22 Sep 2023 a
Agreement establishing the African Development Bank 18 Dec 1963 18 Jan 1965
Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States 23 Jul 1965 13 Aug 1968
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 10 May 1977 29 Nov 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 28 Aug 1979 18 Jan 1983
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 1 Dec 1964 d
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 1 Dec 1964 d
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 1 Dec 1964 d
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals - 5 Aug 1964 d
United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods - 15 Sep 1987 a
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 1 Dec 1964 d
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - 3 Apr 2023 a
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 26 Sep 2003 a
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 26 Sep 2003 a
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 4 Dec 2001 13 May 2002
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 14 Dec 2000 26 Sep 2003
United Nations Convention against Corruption 30 Nov 2004 4 Oct 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 26 Oct 2025 -
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 13 May 2002 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents 15 Oct 1974 29 Nov 1977
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 13 May 2002 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 31 Oct 2008 a
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 28 Jan 2020 -
Convention relating to the distribution of programme-carrying signals transmitted by satellite - 25 Apr 2001 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 17 May 1993 31 Mar 2004
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 30 Nov 2004 30 Nov 2004
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 8 Jun 2000
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 25 Aug 2015
Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, their Ammunition and all Parts and Components that can be used for their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly 1 Aug 2011 -
Arms Trade Treaty 5 Jun 2013 -
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 22 Jun 1995 22 Oct 1998
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 7 Jan 2004 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants - 5 Jun 2002 a
Minamata Convention on Mercury - 29 Jun 2017 a
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 11 Oct 2001 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 7 Jan 2004 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 10 Jun 1992 29 May 1996

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
iso2RW wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902412+00:00
iso2RW wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267225+00:00
iso3RWA wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902422+00:00
iso3RWA wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267229+00:00
m49646 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135047+00:00
m49646 un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.426369+00:00
nameRwanda wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902391+00:00
nameRwanda wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267218+00:00
un_admission_date1962-09-18 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.902400+00:00
un_admission_date1962-09-18 wikidata 1.02026-08-27T23:21:27.267222+00:00
unsd_nameRwanda un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.135058+00:00
unsd_nameRwanda un_sdg 1.02026-08-27T23:21:46.426376+00:00

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