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Member state

United Kingdom at the United Nations

Flag of United Kingdom
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg by {{AutVec|o= |Yaddah}} (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-10-24
ISO 3166-1
GB / GBR
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-10-20

A founding Member State: one of the fifty-one that signed the Charter at San Francisco in 1945. A permanent member of the Security Council.

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
United Nations 1945-10-24

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

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Human Rights Council

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Security Council

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Permanent representatives

48 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Sarah MacIntosh 2026in office / not recorded
Kumar Iyer 2025-07in office / not recorded
Simon Manley 2021-042025-07
Barbara Woodward 2020-08-062026
Karen Pierce 20182020-08
Leigh Turner 2016in office / not recorded
Julian Braithwaite 2015-042021-03
Matthew Rycroft 20152018
Karen Pierce 20122015
Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque 20122016
Mark Lyall Grant 20092015
Peter O. Gooderham 20082012

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of United Kingdom to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 885 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Celebration of the Birthday of His Majesty the King, 17 June (2023)
Accredited diplomats
57

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1970
CO2 emissions per capita 4.22077 2024
GDP 4.00259e+12 2025
GNI per capita 54,550 2025
Life expectancy at birth 81.3869 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2.27862 2024
Population 6.9487e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 581,072 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 517 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

80 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 285,506 words in all. The longest was 1947, at 8,174 words, delivered by Mr. McNeil.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Prime Minister ×13, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×13, Deputy Prime Minister ×4, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service ×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 United Kingdom
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, variant 2).svg by Sodacan (ed. Colohisto) (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of United Kingdom
Location. Europe-UK.svg by Rob984 (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

129 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 - 20 Oct 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 17 Sep 1946 a
Optional Protocol to the Convention on Special Missions concerning the compulsory settlement of disputes 17 Dec 1970 -
United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property 30 Sep 2005 -
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies - 16 Aug 1949 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 11 Dec 1961 1 Sep 1964
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 11 Dec 1961 1 Sep 1964
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 27 Mar 1964 9 May 1972
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes 27 Mar 1964 9 May 1972
Convention on special missions 17 Dec 1970 -
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 30 Jan 1970 a
Convention on the Rights of the Child 19 Apr 1990 16 Dec 1991
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 31 Mar 1999 10 Dec 1999
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 8 Jun 2009
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 11 Oct 1966 7 Mar 1969
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 16 Sep 1968 20 May 1976
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 16 Sep 1968 20 May 1976
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 22 Jul 1981 7 Apr 1986
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 15 Mar 1985 8 Dec 1988
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 22 Jul 1946 s
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique - 22 Jul 1946 s
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 16 Jun 2003 16 Dec 2004
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 30 Aug 1961 29 Mar 1966
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 4 Sep 1968 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 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 s
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 -
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 2 Sep 1964
Convention on psychotropic substances 21 Feb 1971 24 Mar 1986
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 20 Jun 1978
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 28 Jun 1991
Protocol amending the International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, signed at Paris on 18 May 1904, and the International Convention for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, signed at Paris on 4 May 1910 - 4 May 1949 s
Protocol to amend the Convention for the suppression of the circulation of, and traffic in, obscene publications, concluded at Geneva on 12 September 1923 - 16 May 1949 s
Protocol amending the Agreement for the Suppression of the Circulation of Obscene Publications, signed at Paris, on 4 May 1910 - 4 May 1949 s
Agreement establishing the Asian Development Bank 4 Dec 1965 26 Sep 1966
Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank 18 Oct 1969 23 Jan 1970
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 7 Jan 1977 9 Sep 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization [ 5 Oct 1979 ] [ 7 Jul 1983 ] (withdrawn)
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 18 May 1956 30 Jul 1959
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation for Private Use of Aircraft and Pleasure Boats 18 May 1956 3 Oct 1958
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 13 Apr 1959 9 Oct 1959
European Convention on Customs Treatment of Pallets used in International Transport 7 Feb 1961 1 Oct 1962
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) 22 Dec 1976 8 Oct 1982
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods 1 Feb 1984 12 Jun 1987
Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers used in International Transport 13 Apr 1995 6 May 2003
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring 4 Jun 1954 27 Feb 1956
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material 4 Jun 1954 27 Feb 1956
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 4 Jun 1954 27 Feb 1956
Customs Convention on Containers 18 May 1956 23 May 1958
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles for Private Use in International Traffic 18 May 1956 15 Jan 1963
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) - 21 Jul 1967 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles engaged in International Goods Transport - 6 Aug 1969 a
Convention on the Taxation of Road Vehicles Engaged in International Passenger Transport 17 May 1957 15 Jan 1963
Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) 1 Oct 1957 29 Jun 1968
European Agreement on Road Markings 25 Feb 1958 -
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 - 15 Jan 1963 a
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 31 Jan 1962 -
Protocol concerning countries or territories at present occupied 19 Sep 1949 8 Jul 1957
European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR) 25 Mar 1971 4 Jan 1978
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP) 1 - 5 Oct 1979 a
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on road traffic opened for signature at Vienna on 8 November 1968 27 Oct 1971 -
European Agreement supplementing the Convention on Road Signs and Signals 27 Oct 1971 -
European Agreement on main international traffic arteries (AGR) 22 Dec 1976 -
Protocol on Road Signs and Signals - 16 May 1966 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 -
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 - 10 Jan 2000 s
European Agreement supplementing the 1949 Convention on road traffic and the 1949 Protocol on road signs and signals - 16 May 1966 a
Declaration on the construction of main international traffic arteries - 16 Sep 1950 s
General Agreement on Economic Regulations for International Road transport (a) Additional Protocol (b) Protocol of Signature 17 Mar 1954 -
Agreement on Signs for Road Works, amending the European Agreement of 16 September 1950 supplementing the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic and the 1949 Protocol on Road Signs and Signals 1 - 16 May 1966 a
Convention on the International Maritime Organization 6 Mar 1948 14 Feb 1949 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - [28 Jun 1985 a] (withdrawn)
Protocol amending the International Convention relating to Economic Statistics, signed at Geneva on 14 December 1928 - 9 Dec 1948 s
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials 22 Nov 1950 11 Mar 1954
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations 26 Oct 1961 30 Oct 1963
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms 29 Oct 1971 5 Dec 1972
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 18 Jun 1980 9 Jun 1982
International Sugar Agreement, 1992 - 1 Jan 2021 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 21 Dec 2007 5 Mar 2009
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 24 Feb 1967 a
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 9 Jul 1970 a
Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926 - 7 Dec 1953 s
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 30 Nov 1998 4 Oct 2001
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 10 Jan 2000 7 Mar 2001
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 14 Dec 2000 9 Feb 2006
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 10 Sep 2002 25 Jan 2008
United Nations Convention against Corruption 9 Dec 2003 9 Feb 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 18 Dec 1979 22 Dec 1982
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents 13 Dec 1974 2 May 1979
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 19 Dec 1995 6 May 1998
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 12 Jan 1998 7 Mar 2001
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 9 Sep 1958 14 Mar 1960
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 10 Jul 2026
Convention on the High Seas 9 Sep 1958 14 Mar 1960
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 9 Sep 1958 14 Mar 1960
Convention on the Continental Shelf 9 Sep 1958 11 May 1964
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes - 9 Sep 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 4 Dec 1995 10 Dec 2001
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea 3 Dec 1997 17 May 2006
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority 19 Aug 1999 2 Nov 2000
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 24 Sep 1975 a
United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration 17 Mar 2015 -
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 3 May 2023 -
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations 24 Feb 1987 20 Jun 1991
Constitution of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity 31 Aug 1977 31 Aug 1977
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations - 18 Jun 2003 s
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 16 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) 10 Apr 1981 13 Feb 1995
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 13 Jan 1993 13 May 1996
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 24 Sep 1996 6 Apr 1998
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 31 Jul 1998
Convention on Cluster Munitions 3 Dec 2008 4 May 2010
Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jun 2013 2 Apr 2014
Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution 13 Nov 1979 15 Jul 1982
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 14 Oct 1994 18 Oct 1996
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - 13 Dec 2013 a
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 Jun 1998 23 Feb 2005
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 11 Sep 1998 17 Jun 2004
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 11 Dec 2001 17 Jan 2005
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 10 Oct 2013 23 Mar 2018
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer 20 May 1985 15 May 1987
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 6 Oct 1989 7 Feb 1994
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 26 Feb 1991 10 Oct 1997
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 18 Mar 1992 -
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 18 Mar 1992 5 Aug 2002
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 3 Jun 1994
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas 16 Apr 1992 13 Jul 1993

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
S/RES/2827(2026) 2026-07-29 yes
S/RES/2789(2025) 2025-07-29 yes
S/RES/2745(2024) 2024-07-30 yes
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 - abstain

Provenance

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