Member state

Venezuela at the United Nations

Flag of Venezuela
Flag of Venezuela.svg by Various, see File history below for details (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1945-11-15
ISO 3166-1
VE / VEN
Charter signed
1945-06-26
Charter ratified
1945-11-15

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.

OrganisationJoined
United Nations 1945-11-15

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

2019 2018 2017 2011 2010 2009 2001 2000 1999 1996 1995 1994 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1968 1967 1966 1961 1960 1959 1955 1954 1953 1949 1948 1947

Human Rights Council

2022 2021 2020 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Security Council

2016 2015 1993 1992 1987 1986 1978 1977 1963 1962

Permanent representatives

13 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Alexander Yánez 2024-03-07in office / not recorded
Samuel Moncada 2017-12-052026-03-25
Rafael Ramírez 2014-122017-11-28
María Gabriela Chávez 2014-08-132019-08-15
Samuel Moncada 2013-082015-01
Jorge Valero 20082013
Francisco Arias Cárdenas 20062008
Milos Alcalay 2001-052004-03
Diego Arria 1991-03-111993-08
Simón Alberto Consalvi 1974-10-171977-07-14
César González Martínez 19501952
Adolfo Taylhardat -in office / not recorded

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations, 335 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017
National holiday
Independence Day, 5 July
Accredited diplomats
9

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1981
Adult literacy rate 97.1837 2017
CO2 emissions per capita 3.39411 2024
GDP 9.96612e+10 2025
GNI per capita 3,860 2025
Life expectancy at birth 72.673 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 0.500704 2023
Net official development assistance received 4.05295e+08 2023
Population 2.85169e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 14,333 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 417,010 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

79 statements to the General Debate since 1946, 246,279 words in all. The longest was 1974, at 6,405 words, delivered by Mr. Schacht Aristeguieta.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×12, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×9, UN Representative ×4, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×3. 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 Venezuela
Coat of arms. Coat of arms of Venezuela.svg by Various, see File history below for details (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Venezuela
Location. VEN orthographic.svg by Addicted04 (CC BY-SA) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

83 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 - 15 Nov 1945
Charter of the United Nations - 15 Nov 1945
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 21 Dec 1998 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 18 Apr 1961 16 Mar 1965
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 27 Oct 1965
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 24 Apr 1963 27 Oct 1965
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 12 Jul 1960 a
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 3 Oct 1989
Convention on the Rights of the Child 26 Jan 1990 13 Sep 1990
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 7 Jun 1990 22 Feb 1993
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families 4 Oct 2011 25 Oct 2016
Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean 11 Feb 1993 13 May 2002
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - 24 Sep 2013 a
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 21 Oct 2008 -
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 21 Apr 1967 10 Oct 1967
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 24 Jun 1969 10 May 1978
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 24 Jun 1969 10 May 1978
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 15 Nov 1976 10 May 1978
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid - 28 Jan 1983 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 17 Jul 1980 2 May 1983
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 15 Feb 1985 29 Jul 1991
Constitution of the World Health Organization 22 Jul 1946 7 Jul 1948 A
Protocol concerning the Office international d'hygiène publique 22 Jul 1946 7 Mar 1949 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 22 Sep 2003 27 Jun 2006
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 19 Sep 1986 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 -
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 -
Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of, International and Wholesale Trade in, and use of Opium 30 Dec 1953 -
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 30 Mar 1961 14 Feb 1969
Convention on psychotropic substances 21 Feb 1971 23 May 1972
Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 25 Mar 1972 4 Dec 1985
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 16 Jul 1991
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 28 Sep 1981 -
Agreement to establish the South Centre - 25 Jul 2006 a
Agreement establishing the Caribbean Development Bank - 25 Apr 1973 a
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development 4 Jan 1977 13 Oct 1977
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 5 Oct 1979 28 Jan 1983
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 31 Mar 1978 -
United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods 31 Aug 1981 -
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 27 Oct 1975 A
Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - 30 Jun 1975 s
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials - 1 May 1992 A
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations - 30 Oct 1995 a
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms - 30 Jul 1982 a
Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials of 22 November 1950 - 1 May 1992 a
International Agreement for the Establishment of the University for Peace - 5 Dec 1980 s
Statutes of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 13 Sep 1983 15 Oct 1985
International Cocoa Agreement, 2001 - 20 Apr 2005 a
International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 - 10 Oct 2018 a
International Cocoa Agreement, 2010 - 27 Jun 2016 a
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 31 May 1983 a
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 31 May 1983 a
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 14 Oct 1998 7 Jun 2000
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 16 Nov 2001 23 Sep 2003
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 14 Dec 2000 13 May 2002
Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court 16 Jul 2003 -
United Nations Convention against Corruption 10 Dec 2003 2 Feb 2009
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 - 13 Dec 1988 a
International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries - 12 Nov 2013 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 19 Apr 2005 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 23 Sep 1998 23 Sep 2003
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone 30 Oct 1958 15 Aug 1961
Convention on the High Seas 30 Oct 1958 15 Aug 1961
Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 30 Oct 1958 10 Jul 1963
Convention on the Continental Shelf 30 Oct 1958 15 Aug 1961
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - 8 Feb 1995 a
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation 7 Aug 2019 -
Agreement governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies - 3 Nov 2016 a
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations 3 Apr 2003 13 May 2005
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) - 19 Apr 2005 a
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 14 Jan 1993 3 Dec 1997
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 3 Oct 1996 13 May 2002
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 3 Dec 1997 14 Apr 1999
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 20 Sep 2017 27 Mar 2018
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 29 Jun 1998 a
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses 22 Sep 1997 -
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 19 Apr 2005 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 23 May 2001 19 Apr 2005
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 Oct 2013 -
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 1 Sep 1988 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 22 Mar 1989 3 Mar 1998
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 13 Sep 1994

Recorded votes

ResolutionDateVote
A/RES/80/282 - non-voting
A/RES/80/286 - non-voting
A/RES/80/296 - non-voting
A/RES/80/293 B - non-voting
A/RES/80/294 - non-voting
A/RES/80/293 A - non-voting
A/RES/80/297 - non-voting
A/RES/80/299 - non-voting

Provenance

Every fact on this page, with where it came from and how sure we are.

AttributeValueSourceConfidenceFetched
iso2VE wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.900536+00:00
iso3VEN wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.900546+00:00
m49862 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.132305+00:00
nameVenezuela wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.900517+00:00
un_admission_date1945-11-15 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.900527+00:00
unsd_nameVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.132316+00:00

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