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Tunisia at the United Nations

Flag of Tunisia
Flag of Tunisia.svg by Various Wikimedia Commons' contributors (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1956-11-12
ISO 3166-1
TN / TUN
Admitted by
A/RES/1112 (XI)

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 1956-11-12

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

2024 2023 2022 2015 2014 2013 2006 2005 2004 1998 1997 1996 1991 1990 1989 1984 1983 1982 1978 1977 1976 1972 1971 1970

Human Rights Council

2019 2018 2017 2006

Security Council

2021 2020 2001 2000 1981 1980 1960 1959

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Tunisia to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of Tunisia to the United Nations, 31 Beekman Place, New York, NY 10022
National holiday
Independence Day, 20 March
Accredited diplomats
9

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1984
Adult literacy rate 86.25 2023
CO2 emissions per capita 2.62113 2024
GDP 5.75028e+10 2025
GNI per capita 4,300 2025
Life expectancy at birth 76.711 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2.50637 2024
Net official development assistance received 1.22588e+09 2023
Population 1.23486e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 2,386 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 3,711 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

70 statements to the General Debate since 1956, 236,130 words in all. The longest was 1972, at 6,702 words, delivered by Mr. Masmoudi.

Of the 31 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Minister for Foreign Affairs ×20, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×4, President ×4, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians abroad ×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 Tunisia
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Tunisia.svg by FXXX (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Tunisia
Location. Tunisia (orthographic projection).svg by YassineMrabet based on work (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

88 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 - 7 May 1957 a
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character - 13 Oct 1977 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 3 Dec 1957 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 24 Jan 1968 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 24 Jan 1968 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 8 Jul 1964 a
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning Acquisition of Nationality - 24 Jan 1968 a
Convention on special missions 19 Aug 1970 2 Nov 1971
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 29 Nov 1956 a
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 25 Sep 1989
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Feb 1990 30 Jan 1992
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 2 Apr 2008
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 6 Feb 2007 29 Jun 2011
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 12 Apr 1966 13 Jan 1967
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 30 Apr 1968 18 Mar 1969
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 30 Apr 1968 18 Mar 1969
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 29 Jun 2011 a
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 15 Jun 1972 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid - 21 Jan 1977 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 24 Jul 1980 20 Sep 1985
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 26 Aug 1987 23 Sep 1988
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 14 May 1956 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 22 Aug 2003 7 Jun 2010
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness - 12 May 2000 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 16 Oct 1968 a
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 8 Sep 1964
Convention on psychotropic substances - 23 Jul 1979 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 22 Dec 1972 29 Jun 1976
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 19 Dec 1989 20 Sep 1990
United Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Stand-by Letters of Credit - 8 Dec 1998 a
Agreement establishing the African Development Bank 4 Aug 1963 29 Oct 1964
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 27 Jan 1977 23 Aug 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 8 Apr 1979 2 Feb 1981
Customs Convention on Containers, 1972 - 11 Mar 2009 a
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 11 Jun 1976 13 Oct 1977
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods - 11 Mar 2009 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring - 20 Jun 1974 a
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material - 20 Jun 1974 a
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles - 20 Jun 1974 a
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) - 24 Jan 1994 a
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) - 3 Sep 2008 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 - 2 Nov 2007 a
Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied - 8 Nov 1957 a
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 - 3 Apr 2007 a
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals - 8 Nov 1957 a
Agreement concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of such Inspections - 31 Dec 2019 a
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 - 2 Nov 2007 a
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 - 15 Sep 1980 a
International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1993 24 Nov 1993 2 Feb 1995
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 23 May 1963 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - 15 Mar 1979 a
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 14 May 1971 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 13 Apr 2023 a
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 27 Oct 1983 20 Sep 1990
International Sugar Agreement, 1992 - 11 Jan 2007 a
International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015 23 Sep 2016 23 Sep 2016
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 24 Jan 1968 a
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 24 Jan 1968 a
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - 24 Jun 2011 a
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 2 Nov 2001 10 Jun 2003
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 Dec 2000 19 Jun 2003
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court - 29 Jun 2011 a
United Nations Convention against Corruption 30 Mar 2004 23 Sep 2008
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 18 Jun 1997 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents 15 May 1974 21 Jan 1977
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 22 Feb 1995 12 Sep 2000
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 22 Apr 2005 a
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 30 Oct 1958 -
Convention on the High Seas 30 Oct 1958 -
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 30 Oct 1958 -
Convention on the Continental Shelf 30 Oct 1958 -
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 9 Apr 1999 -
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 17 Jul 1967 a
Vienna Convention on succession of States in respect of treaties - 16 Sep 1981 a
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 11 May 1978 11 May 1978
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 1987 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 15 Apr 1997
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 16 Oct 1996 23 Sep 2004
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 4 Dec 1997 9 Jul 1999
Convention on Cluster Munitions 12 Jan 2009 28 Sep 2010
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 14 Oct 1994 11 Oct 1995
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses 19 May 2000 22 Apr 2009
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 9 Feb 2016
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 17 Jun 2004
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 -
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 25 Sep 1989 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 11 Oct 1995 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 13 Jun 1992 15 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
iso2TN wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.908386+00:00
iso3TUN wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.908398+00:00
m49788 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.144009+00:00
nameTunisia wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.908369+00:00
un_admission_date1956-11-12 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.908377+00:00
unsd_nameTunisia un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.144015+00:00

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