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Yemen at the United Nations

Flag of Yemen
Flag of Yemen.svg by Nightstallion et al, see File history below for details (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Admitted
1990-05-22
ISO 3166-1
YE / YEM
Admitted by
A/RES/108(II)

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 1990-05-22

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 1977 1976 1975

Permanent representatives

6 recorded. Full list

NameFromTo
Abdullah Al-Saadi 2018-10-11in office / not recorded
Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak 2018-052018-10-11
Haytham Shoja’aadin 2017in office / not recorded
Khalid Al-Yamani 2014-12-232018-05-23
Khaled Bahah 2014-06-112014-12-23
Abdullah Saleh al-Ashtal 19902002

Permanent mission

Mission
Permanent Mission of Yemen to the United Nations
Address
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Yemen to the United Nations, 413 East 51st Street, New York, NY 10022
National holiday
22 May
Accredited diplomats
10

Accredited diplomats

The numbers

IndicatorLatestYearSince 1970
CO2 emissions per capita 0.260707 2024
GDP 2.16062e+10 2018
GNI per capita 740 2018
Life expectancy at birth 69.439 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP) 3.96689 2014
Net official development assistance received 4.14649e+09 2023
Population 4.17739e+07 2025
Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) 49,107 2025
Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) 57,327 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

68 statements to the General Debate since 1951, 180,378 words in all. The longest was 1982, at 5,673 words, delivered by AL-THAWR.

Of the 32 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: Minister for Foreign Affairs ×15, President ×9, Deputy Prime Minister ×4, UN Representative ×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 Yemen
Coat of arms. Emblem of Yemen (2).svg by Squiresy92 (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons
Location of Yemen
Location. Yemen (orthographic projection).svg by L'Américain (Public domain) — Wikimedia Commons

Treaties joined

70 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 - 23 Jul 1963 a
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - 23 Jul 1963 a
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character 30 Mar 1976 -
Vienna Convention on the Representation of States in their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character 30 Mar 1976 -
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 24 Nov 1976 a
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations - 24 Nov 1976 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 10 Apr 1986 a
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - 10 Apr 1986 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 6 Apr 1989 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - 6 Apr 1989 a
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 -
International Convention against Apartheid in Sports 16 May 1986 -
Convention on the Rights of the Child 13 Feb 1990 1 May 1991
Convention on the Rights of the Child 13 Feb 1990 1 May 1991
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 30 Mar 2007 26 Mar 2009
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - 18 Oct 1972 a
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - 18 Oct 1972 a
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 9 Feb 1987 a
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 9 Feb 1987 a
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - 9 Feb 1987 a
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 9 Feb 1987 a
Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity - 9 Feb 1987 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid - 17 Aug 1987 a
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid - 17 Aug 1987 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - 30 May 1984 a
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - 30 May 1984 a
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - 5 Nov 1991 a
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 6 May 1968 A
Constitution of the World Health Organization - 6 May 1968 A
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 20 Jun 2003 22 Feb 2007
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 18 Jan 1980 a
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees - 18 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 - 12 Dec 1949 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 - 12 Dec 1949 s
Convention on psychotropic substances - 25 Mar 1996 a
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 25 Mar 1996
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 20 Dec 1988 25 Mar 1996
Agreement establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development - 13 Dec 1977 a
Constitution of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization 8 Apr 1979 29 Jan 1982
Agreement on International Roads between Arab Countries 4 Jul 2001 15 Nov 2002
Agreement on International Railways between Arab Countries 14 Apr 2003 10 Dec 2007
Memorandum of Understanding on Maritime Transport Cooperation between Arab Countries 9 May 2005 5 Mar 2009
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 14 Mar 1979 A
Convention on the International Maritime Organization - 14 Mar 1979 A
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 9 Feb 1987 a
Convention on the Political Rights of Women - 9 Feb 1987 a
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 9 Feb 1987 a
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages - 9 Feb 1987 a
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 28 Dec 2000 -
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism - 3 Mar 2010 a
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 15 Dec 2000 8 Feb 2010
United Nations Convention against Corruption 11 Dec 2003 7 Nov 2005
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages - 14 Jul 2000 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 9 Feb 1987 a
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents - 9 Feb 1987 a
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings - 23 Apr 2001 a
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 9 Jun 2025 -
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 20 Jul 1977
Convention on the prohibition of military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques 18 May 1977 20 Jul 1977
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 8 Feb 1993 2 Oct 2000
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty 30 Sep 1996 -
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 4 Dec 1997 1 Sep 1998
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - 14 Jan 1997 a
Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses 17 May 2000 -
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 4 Feb 2006 a
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 5 Dec 2001 9 Jan 2004
Minamata Convention on Mercury 21 Mar 2014 -
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - 21 Feb 1996 a
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - 21 Feb 1996 a
Convention on Biological Diversity 12 Jun 1992 21 Feb 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
iso2YE wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907092+00:00
iso3YEM wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907102+00:00
m49887 un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.142543+00:00
nameYemen wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907073+00:00
un_admission_date1990-05-22 wikidata 1.02026-08-26T06:55:17.907083+00:00
unsd_nameYemen un_sdg 1.02026-08-26T06:55:41.142549+00:00

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