Netherlands and the United Nations
| United Nations membership | |
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| Membership | Full member |
| Since | 10 December 1945 |
| UNSC seat | Non-permanent |
| Permanent representative | Lise Gregoire-van Haaren |
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The Kingdom of the Netherlands is one of the 51 founding members of the United Nations having signed the United Nations Conference on International Organization in 1945. It primarily represents the northwestern European country of the Netherlands, although it also represents the smaller island countries of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten under the Kingdom's control.
The Netherlands has been a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for six terms (a total of 10 years), with the most recent being a 2018 one-year term.
The Netherlands is a charter member of the United Nations and participates in all of its specialised agencies. It is home to The Hague, which is the headquarters of the International Court of Justice and Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The Netherlands has contributed 13 troops to United Nations peacekeeping efforts as of 2024.