Member state

Uruguay at the United Nations

Flag of Uruguay.svg by See File history below for details (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons

Admitted: 1945-12-18
ISO 3166-1: UY / URY
Charter signed: 1945-06-26
Charter ratified: 1945-12-18

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.

Organisation	Joined
Universal Postal Union	1880-07-01
International Telecommunication Union	1902-07-01
United Nations	1945-12-18
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	1946-03-11
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	1947-11-08
Organization of American States	1948
World Meteorological Organization	1951-01-11
World Trade Organization	1995-01-01
World Health Organization	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.

Personnel	Deployed	Of whom women
Troops	815	49
Staff Officer	12	2
Experts on Mission	7	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.

Year	Estimate	Credible range	Votes cast
2025	-0.28	-0.48 to -0.09	189
2024	0.02	-0.10 to 0.14	108
2023	0.03	-0.11 to 0.15	88
2022	0.06	-0.07 to 0.20	88
2021	-0.08	-0.22 to 0.06	86
2020	-0.04	-0.19 to 0.09	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.

Category	People
Refugees hosted	3,195
Asylum-seekers hosted	27,288
Stateless people	5
Refugees from Uruguay abroad	126

Population projection

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

2025	2030	2035	2040	2045	2050
3,384,688	3,372,887	3,358,282	3,336,459	3,302,675	3,254,354

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.

Permanent representatives

2 recorded. Full list

Name	From	To
Julio César Lupinacci Gabriel	1985	1987
Enrique Rodríguez Fabregat	1960	in office / not recorded

Permanent mission

Mission: Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations
Address: Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations, 633 Third Avenue, Suite 13H, New York, NY 10017
National holiday: Independence Day, 25 August
Accredited diplomats: 9

Accredited diplomats

Mr. Carlos Amorín Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary / Permanent Representative
Mrs. Gabriela González Minister Counsellor / Deputy Permanent Representative
Ms. María Noel Beretta Tassano Counsellor
Mr. Juan José Riva Grela First Secretary
Mr. Alejandro Leonel Katz Pavlotzky First Secretary
Mr. Matías Andrés Eustathiou de los Santos Second Secretary
Ms. Stefany Romero Veiga Second Secretary
Mr. Felipe Machado Mouriño Second Secretary
Col. Gustavo Nelson Rossi Recoba Attaché / Military Adviser

The numbers

Indicator	Latest	Year
Adult literacy rate	98.91	2024
CO2 emissions per capita	2.568	2024
GDP	85,347,696,278	2025
GNI per capita	24,020	2025
Life expectancy at birth	78.29	2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP)	2.311	2024
Net official development assistance received	41,641,903	2017
Population	3,384,688	2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate)	3,195	2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate)	126	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

77 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 227,143 words in all. The longest was 1985, at 6,213 words, delivered by Mr. Julio Maria Sanguinetti.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×15, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×14, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×1, Vice-President ×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.

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1957 1956 1955 1954 1952 1951 1950 1948 1947 1946

Emblems and location

Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Uruguay.svg (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons

Location of Uruguay — Location. URY orthographic.svg by Addicted04 (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

97 actions recorded by the Secretary-General as depositary. Only treaties whose participant counts match the depositary’s own stated totals contribute rows.

Treaty	Signed	Ratified or acceded
Charter of the United Nations	-	18 Dec 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations	-	16 Feb 1984 a
Optional Protocol to the Convention on Special Missions concerning the compulsory settlement of disputes	-	17 Dec 1980 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies	-	29 Dec 1977 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations	18 Apr 1961	10 Mar 1970
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations	24 Apr 1963	10 Mar 1970
Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes	24 Apr 1963	-
Convention on special missions	-	17 Dec 1980 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	11 Dec 1948	11 Jul 1967
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports	28 May 1986	26 Jan 1988
Convention on the Rights of the Child	26 Jan 1990	20 Nov 1990
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty	13 Feb 1990	21 Jan 1993
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families	-	15 Feb 2001 a
Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean	24 Jul 1992	17 Feb 1999
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	3 Apr 2007	11 Feb 2009
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance	6 Feb 2007	4 Mar 2009
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	21 Feb 1967	30 Aug 1968
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	21 Feb 1967	1 Apr 1970
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	21 Feb 1967	1 Apr 1970
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	21 Feb 1967	1 Apr 1970
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity	-	21 Sep 2001 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid	-	19 Apr 2012 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	30 Mar 1981	9 Oct 1981
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	4 Feb 1985	24 Oct 1986
Constitution of the World Health Organization	22 Jul 1946	22 Apr 1949 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique	22 Jul 1946	-
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control	19 Jun 2003	9 Sep 2004
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness	-	21 Sep 2001 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees	-	22 Sep 1970 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	14 Dec 1946	-
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	22 Nov 1948	-
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961	-	31 Oct 1975 a
Convention on psychotropic substances	-	16 Mar 1976 a
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961	-	31 Oct 1975 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances	19 Dec 1989	10 Mar 1995
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods	-	25 Jan 1999 a
Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods	-	1 Apr 1997 a
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development	5 Apr 1977	16 Dec 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization	5 May 1980	24 Dec 1980
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention)	-	24 Dec 1980 a
Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring	4 Jun 1954	8 Sep 1967
Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, relating to the Importation of Tourist Publicity Documents and Material	4 Jun 1954	-
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles	4 Jun 1954	-
Convention on the International Maritime Organization	-	10 May 1968 s
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences	-	9 Jul 1979 a
Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character	31 Dec 1949	20 Apr 1999 A
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials	27 Apr 1964	20 Apr 1999
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations	-	4 Apr 1977 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms	29 Oct 1971	6 Oct 1982
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950	-	20 Apr 1999 a
International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace	-	19 Nov 1985 a
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology	-	5 Dec 1995 a
International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015	18 Oct 2016	28 Dec 2017
Convention on the Political Rights of Women	26 May 1953	-
Convention on the International Right of Correction	-	21 Nov 1980 a
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court	19 Dec 2000	28 Jun 2002
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism	25 Oct 2001	8 Jan 2004
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime	13 Dec 2000	4 Mar 2005
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court	30 Jun 2004	3 Nov 2006
United Nations Convention against Corruption	9 Dec 2003	10 Jan 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	-	4 Mar 2003 a
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries	20 Nov 1990	14 Jul 1999
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents	-	13 Jun 1978 a
Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel	17 Nov 1995	3 Sep 1999
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings	23 Nov 1998	10 Nov 2001
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone	29 Apr 1958	-
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	29 Jan 2024	25 Sep 2025
Convention on the High Seas	29 Apr 1958	-
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas	29 Apr 1958	-
Convention on the Continental Shelf	29 Apr 1958	-
Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes	-	29 Apr 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	16 Jan 1996	10 Sep 1999
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea	-	6 Jul 2006 a
Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Seabed Authority	21 Oct 1998	6 Jul 2006 a
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards	-	30 Mar 1983 a
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation	7 Aug 2019	28 Mar 2023
Vienna Convention on succession of States in respect of treaties	23 Aug 1978	-
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations	-	10 Mar 1999 a
Agreement governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies	1 Jun 1981	9 Nov 1981
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations	13 May 2003	19 Apr 2012
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques	-	16 Sep 1993 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)	-	6 Oct 1994 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction	15 Jan 1993	6 Oct 1994
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty	24 Sep 1996	21 Sep 2001
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction	3 Dec 1997	7 Jun 2001
Convention on Cluster Munitions	3 Dec 2008	24 Sep 2009
Arms Trade Treaty	3 Jun 2013	25 Sep 2014
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons	20 Sep 2017	25 Jul 2018
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa	-	17 Feb 1999 a
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade	11 Sep 1998	4 Mar 2003
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants	23 May 2001	9 Feb 2004
Minamata Convention on Mercury	10 Oct 2013	24 Sep 2014
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean	27 Sep 2018	26 Sep 2019
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer	-	27 Feb 1989 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal	22 Mar 1989	20 Dec 1991
Convention on Biological Diversity	9 Jun 1992	5 Nov 1993

Recorded votes

Resolution	Date	Vote
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.

Attribute	Value	Source	Confidence	Fetched
iso2	UY	wikidata	1.0	2026-10-12T02:20:06.562752+00:00
iso3	URY	wikidata	1.0	2026-10-12T02:20:06.562760+00:00
m49	858	un_sdg	1.0	2026-10-12T02:20:11.768271+00:00
name	Uruguay	wikidata	1.0	2026-10-12T02:20:06.562733+00:00
un_admission_date	1945-12-18	wikidata	1.0	2026-10-12T02:20:06.562744+00:00
unsd_name	Uruguay	un_sdg	1.0	2026-10-12T02:20:11.768288+00:00

Where this page comes from

UN General Assembly ideal point estimates — CC0 1.0 · source
UN General Debate Corpus (Jankin, Baturo & Dasandi) — CC0 1.0 · source
UN Statistics Division SDG Indicators API — CC BY 4.0 · source
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder — Unassessed · source
Wikidata — CC0 1.0 · source
World Bank Open Data — CC BY 4.0 · source