Argentina and the United Nations

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Argentina
Flag of the United Nations.svg Flag of Argentina.svg
United Nations membership
MembershipFull member
Since 24 October 1945
UNSC seat Non-permanent
Permanent representative Francisco Fabián Tropepi

Argentina is one of the 51 founding members of the United Nations having signed the United Nations Conference on International Organization in 1945. [1]

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Argentina has been a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for nine terms (a total of 18 years), with the most recent being the 2013–14 term.

Argentina is a charter member of the United Nations and participates in all of its specialised agencies. Argentina has contributed 306 troops to United Nations peacekeeping efforts as of 2024. [2]

Classification

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  Asia and the Pacific Group
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Argentina participates in the Latin American and Caribbean Group regional grouping. It is also part of the South America geographical subregion and Americas continental region. [3]

Activities

Funding

The regular budget of the United Nations is financed through compulsory contributions from its member states. From 2022 to 2024, Argentina contributed 0.719% of the UN regular budget. This placed Argentina as the 23rd nation by contribution amount. [4]

Security Council

Argentina has held a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council nine times since its entry in 1945. [5]

Security Council terms
ElectionVotes (Pl.-Rd.)Term
1947 41/57 (1st-R1)1948–49
1958 78/79 (1st-R1)1959–60
1965 113/115 (1st-R1)1966–67
1970 109/113 (1st-R1)1971–72
1986 143/154 (2nd-R1)1987–88
1993 169/176 (2nd-R1)1994–95
1998 171/176 (2nd-R1)1999–00
2004 188/188 (1st-GR1)2005–06
2012 182/184 (1st-GR1)2013–14

Peacekeeping

As of September 2025, Argentina participates in eight peacekeeping missions led by the UN. [6]

Peacekeeping missions
RegionMissionPersonnel
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Western Sahara United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)3
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)2
Flag of the Arab League.svg  Middle East and North Africa United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)1
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)237
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)4
Flag of India.svg  India / Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)2
Flag of the Arab League.svg  Middle East and North Africa United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)2
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC)10

Positions held

Argentina has had two Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly in José Arce (1948) and Dante Caputo (1988), making it one of only five nations to hold the role twice. Thirteen Argentinian representatives have served as President of the United Nations Security Council and one Argentinian representative has headed the Economic and Social Council. The nation has served on the United Nations Credentials Committee seven times. [7] [8] [9]

There have been two Argentinian permanent judges of the International Court of Justice. [10] Additionally, four Argentinian judges have served on the court on an ad hoc basis. [11]

Argentina has never held the Secretary-General of the United Nations or Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations positions. [12]

United Nations positions held
PositionPersonTerm
President of the United Nations General Assembly José Arce 1948
Dante Caputo 1988
Presidency of the United Nations Security Council Juan Atilio Bramuglia October 1948
José Arce November 1948, November 1949
Mario Amadeo May 1959, April 1960
Raúl Alberto Quijano January 1967
Carlos Ortiz de Rozas March 1971, July 1972
Marcelo Delpech March 1987, June 1988
Emilio Cárdenas January 1995
Arnoldo Manuel Listre February 2000
Adalberto Rodríguez Giavarini
Rafael Bielsa January 2005
César Mayoral January 2005, March 2006
Agustín Rossi August 2013
María Perceval August 2013, October 2014
President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Juan I. Cooke 1954
Permanent judges of the International Court of Justice Lucio Moreno Quintana 1955-1964
José María Ruda 1973-1991
Judges sitting ad hoc on the International Court of Justice Silvia Alejandra Fernández de Gurmendi 2023-present
Mónica Pinto 2016-present
José María Ruda 1991-2001
Raúl Emilio Vinuesa 2006-2013
United Nations Credentials Committee —1956, 1958, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2015

Permanent representative

Argentina has a mission to the UN led by a permanent representative, also known as a UN Ambassador. The position is currently held by Francisco Fabián Tropepi, who presented credentials in December 2024. [13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kurtas, Susan. "Research Guides: UN Membership: Founding Members". research.un.org. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. ↑ "Troop and police contributors". United Nations Peacekeeping. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  3. ↑ "Countries or areas / geographical regions". un.org .
  4. ↑ United Nations General Assembly Session 73 RES271. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United NationsA/RES/73/271 page 3. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  5. ↑ United Nations General Assembly Session 59 Note verbale dated 20 July 2005 from the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-GeneralA/59/881 page 5. 26 July 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Contribution of Uniformed Personnel to UN by Country, Mission, and Personnel Type" (PDF). un.org . 30 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Past PRESIDENCIES of the United Nations SECURITY COUNCIL". thegreenpapers.com .
  8. ↑ "Past Presidents of the General Assembly". un.org .
  9. ↑ "Presidents of the ECOSOC". un.org .
  10. ↑ "All Members". icj-cij.org .
  11. ↑ "All Judges ad hoc". icj-cij.org .
  12. ↑ "Deputy Secretary-General". un.org .
  13. ↑ "LIST OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES AND OBSERVERS TO THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK" (PDF). un.org .
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