Costa Rica
- Costa Rica has been a member of the United Nations since 2 November 1945
- Costa Rica is not in the list of countries with webpages at the UN.
- Read the Wikipedia page for Costa Rica
- Costa Rica is part of the South America block
- Costa Rica has participated in 1553 votes since 26 October 1994, most recently on 23 December 2009
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Minority votes in the General Assembly
Sometimes these votes highlight an issue where there is a difference from the majority of the international community.
Costa Rica…
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 147) against | Draft resolution A/49/L.59 (resolution 49/87 A). | 16 December 1994 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 149) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/50/L.50 (resolution 50/84 D). | 15 December 1995 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 158) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/51/L.36 (resolution 51/26). | 4 December 1996 |
| voted with 4 other nations (out of 165) against | Draft resolution A/57/L.44 (resolution 57/111). | 3 December 2002 |
| voted with 6 other nations (out of 168) to abstain on | Draft resolution XVII (resolution 55/107). | 4 December 2000 |
| voted with 6 other nations (out of 157) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/53/L.52 (resolution 53/37). | 2 December 1998 |
| voted with 7 other nations (out of 175) to abstain on | Draft resolution III (resolution 58/93). | 9 December 2003 |
| voted with 6 other nations (out of 177) against | Draft resolution A/59/L.39, as orally corrected, (resolution 59/32). | 1 December 2004 |
| voted with 7 other nations (out of 170) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 51/55). | 10 December 1996 |
| voted with 6 other nations (out of 172) against | Draft resolution A/60/L.33 (resolution 60/41). | 1 December 2005 |
| voted with 8 other nations (out of 171) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/60/L.31 (resolution 60/39). | 1 December 2005 |
| voted with 8 other nations (out of 158) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/52/L.54 (resolution 52/53). | 9 December 1997 |
| voted with 7 other nations (out of 170) against | Draft resolution A/58/L.27 (resolution 58/22). | 3 December 2003 |
| voted with 9 other nations (out of 171) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 58/229). | 23 December 2003 |
| voted with 9 other nations (out of 170) to abstain on | Draft resolution III (resolution 60/106). | 8 December 2005 |
| voted with 9 other nations (out of 160) to abstain on | Draft resolution XIII (resolution 54/168). | 17 December 1999 |
| voted with 10 other nations (out of 157) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/58/L.61/Rev.1 (resolution 58/292). | 6 May 2004 |
| voted with 12 other nations (out of 175) to abstain on | Draft resolution III (resolution 58/98). | 9 December 2003 |
| voted with 12 other nations (out of 147) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/50/L.37 (resolution 50/22 A). | 4 December 1995 |
| voted with 12 other nations (out of 162) to abstain on | Draft resolution A/51/L.38 (resolution 51/27). | 4 December 1996 |
Minority votes in the Security Council
For a permanent member a vote against constitutes a veto.
Ambassadors
People who have spoken in the General Assembly or Security Council in the name of Costa Rica. Sometimes ministers or heads of state take the place of the official ambassador of the day.
| Name | Speeches | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Alarcón | 1 | 23 December 2003 | 23 December 2003 |
| Mr. Ballestero | 10 | 10 December 2004 | 6 January 2009 |
| Mrs. Castro de Barish | 13 | 19 December 1994 | 17 December 1999 |
| Mrs. de Barish | 1 | 10 November 1998 | 10 November 1998 |
| Ms. Castro de Barish | 1 | 16 December 1997 | 16 December 1997 |
| Mrs. Castro de Barrish | 1 | 7 December 1999 | 7 December 1999 |
| Mr. Sáenz Biolley | 24 | 14 April 1997 | 10 November 1998 |
| Mr. Carreras | 3 | 10 October 1996 | 8 October 1997 |
| Mrs. Chassoul | 10 | 2 November 2000 | 20 July 2006 |
| Ms. Chassoul | 2 | 4 December 2000 | 11 September 2006 |
| Mrs. Dengo | 1 | 4 November 1996 | 4 November 1996 |
| Mrs. Durán | 1 | 15 September 2006 | 15 September 2006 |
| Mr. Díaz | 1 | 28 October 1998 | 28 October 1998 |
| President Rodríguez Echeverría | 1 | 8 September 2000 | 8 September 2000 |
| President Pacheco de la Espriella | 1 | 21 September 2004 | 21 September 2004 |
| Mr. Tovar Faja | 1 | 18 September 2002 | 18 September 2002 |
| President Figueres | 1 | 24 October 1995 | 24 October 1995 |
| Mrs. Gonzalez | 1 | 14 April 2004 | 14 April 2004 |
| Mr. González | 2 | 13 September 2007 | 11 December 2008 |
| Mrs. González | 1 | 31 March 2008 | 31 March 2008 |
| Mr. Guillermet | 7 | 21 April 2009 | 14 October 2009 |
| Mr. Gutiérrez | 1 | 25 April 1996 | 25 April 1996 |
| Mr. Hernández-Milian | 2 | 26 June 2009 | 30 June 2009 |
| Mrs. Incera | 4 | 17 September 1996 | 30 July 1998 |
| Ms. Incera | 3 | 9 April 1998 | 29 June 1999 |
| Mr. Rojas López | 4 | 24 September 1998 | 13 November 2001 |
| Mr. Naranjo | 1 | 20 January 1997 | 20 January 1997 |
| Mr. Naranjo-Villalobos | 1 | 25 September 1997 | 25 September 1997 |
| Mr. Niehaus | 40 | 6 June 1998 | 27 June 2002 |
| President Figueres Olsen | 2 | 28 September 1994 | 23 September 1997 |
| Mr. Díaz Paniagua | 1 | 20 September 2005 | 20 September 2005 |
| Ms. Carballo Quesada | 1 | 11 June 2008 | 11 June 2008 |
| Ms. Quesada | 1 | 2 June 2006 | 2 June 2006 |
| Mr. Rojas | 1 | 21 September 1998 | 21 September 1998 |
| Ms. Saborio | 1 | 22 September 2003 | 22 September 2003 |
| Mrs. Saborío | 1 | 16 September 2005 | 16 September 2005 |
| Ms. Saborío | 1 | 24 September 2003 | 24 September 2003 |
| Mr. Solano | 1 | 6 October 2005 | 6 October 2005 |
| Mr. Berrocal Soto | 21 | 7 December 1994 | 24 April 1998 |
| Mr. Stagno | 12 | 4 October 2002 | 19 February 2003 |
| Mr. Sáenz | 1 | 13 December 1996 | 13 December 1996 |
| Mr. Sáenz-Biolley | 2 | 4 November 1997 | 29 April 1998 |
| President Arias Sánchez | 3 | 19 September 2006 | 24 September 2009 |
| Mr. Ugalde | 1 | 11 November 2009 | 11 November 2009 |
| Mr. Stagno Ugarte | 23 | 27 March 2003 | 11 May 2009 |
| Mr. Ugarte | 1 | 2 October 2007 | 2 October 2007 |
| Mr. Urbina | 102 | 11 December 2006 | 17 December 2009 |
| Mr. Vargas | 1 | 22 October 2003 | 22 October 2003 |
| Mr. Vinicio Vargas | 1 | 22 September 2005 | 22 September 2005 |
| Ms. Vargas | 1 | 18 November 1999 | 18 November 1999 |
| Mr. Naranjo Villalobos | 4 | 28 November 1994 | 24 September 1996 |
| Ms. Villalobos | 1 | 9 February 2009 | 9 February 2009 |
| Mr. Weisleder | 29 | 6 December 2006 | 16 January 2009 |
