Angola
A combined view of Angola's UN General Assembly speeches, treaty commitments, and voting record.
The narrative paragraphs below are AI-generated syntheses of the data shown — the tables and figures themselves come directly from the underlying records, not from the AI.
Compare with another country →Speech history
Angola's UN General Assembly rhetoric has remained consistently multilateralist across fourteen years, with scores stable between 62 and 84, reflecting a steady commitment to collective solutions and UN-led institutions. Early speeches (2006–2007) emphasized Angola's own peace consolidation and treaty record as proof of multilateral engagement, while later addresses (2014–2023) shifted toward calls for UN and Security Council reform with modest concrete commitments. The most recent speeches (2024–2025) show a marked increase in emotional intensity and concreteness, with 2024 featuring detailed accounts of Angola's mediation efforts and 2025 combining pointed criticism of major powers with calls for African representation in global governance.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High | Low | High | High |
| 2007 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2012 | High | Low | Medium | Low |
| 2014 | High | Low | Low | Medium |
| 2015 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2018 | High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2019 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2020 | Very High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2021 | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2022 | High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2023 | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2024 | High | High | High | High |
| 2025 | Very High | High | High | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Angola has ratified 19 of 24 tracked treaties, with particular strength in environmental commitments—ratifying all eight core environment treaties including the Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, and Montreal Protocol framework. Human rights engagement is also robust, with ratification of all five core conventions from torture to children's rights and the ICCPR. However, Angola has declined to ratify several security-sensitive instruments, leaving the Arms Trade Treaty, Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and Rome Statute unsigned, alongside three environmental protocols (Minamata, Rotterdam) that remain in signed but unratified status.
Arms control & security
- Arms Trade TreatySigned, not ratified
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban TreatyRatified
- Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their DestructionRatified
- Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsSigned, not ratified
Environment & climate
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their DisposalRatified
- Convention on Biological DiversityRatified
- Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone LayerRatified
- Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeRatified
- Minamata Convention on MercurySigned, not ratified
- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone LayerRatified
- Paris AgreementRatified
- Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International TradeSigned, not ratified
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic PollutantsRatified
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in AfricaRatified
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeRatified
Human rights
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or PunishmentRatified
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenRatified
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesRatified
- Convention on the Rights of the ChildRatified
- International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsRatified
International justice
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal CourtSigned, not ratified
Trade & governance
- United Nations Convention against CorruptionRatified
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeRatified
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaRatified
Voting record
Full voting record →Angola votes with the General Assembly consensus in the vast majority of cases, with 3,759 affirmative votes out of 4,796 recorded votes across its history. Rare dissents—five negative votes on prominent resolutions—cluster on themes of election monitoring, travel rights, family reunification, disarmament financing, and alleged extrajudicial executions, suggesting selective resistance to resolutions touching on sovereignty, electoral autonomy, or sensitive human rights scrutiny. The overall pattern reflects strong multilateral alignment tempered by cautious assertion of state prerogatives.
Notable dissents from consensus
Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2016-12-19 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Respect for the right to universal freedom of travel and the vital importance of family reunification : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1998-12-09 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980-12-01 · voted N · 95% voted yes
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1990-12-18 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Nuclear testing : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1998-12-04 · voted N · 93% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.616 (Medium), ranked #148 globally in 2023.
Combines life expectancy, education, and income into one comparable score, 0 to 1. Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 — deterministic figures, not AI-generated.
1999–2023