Bahamas
A combined view of Bahamas'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
Bahamas' General Assembly rhetoric has evolved toward increasingly passionate and historically grounded moral appeals, particularly on climate justice, financial equity, and reparations. Early speeches (2006–2010) maintained an institutional, proceduralism-focused tone with modest emotional intensity, but from 2015 onward—especially 2016, 2022–2025—emotional intensity and calls for multilateralism have surged dramatically, peaking at 87–88 on the multilateralism and emotional scales. Notably, concreteness and self-accountability have remained relatively flat or declined in recent years, suggesting that while the Bahamas articulates increasingly urgent moral imperatives, it frames these primarily as demands for action by wealthier nations rather than as binding national commitments.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2007 | High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2008 | High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2010 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2015 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2017 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2018 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2020 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2022 | High | High | High | Medium |
| 2023 | High | Very High | Medium | Medium |
| 2024 | Very High | High | High | Medium |
| 2025 | Very High | Very High | Low | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →The Bahamas has demonstrated strong and broad commitment to international legal frameworks, having ratified 21 of 24 tracked treaties. It has particularly embraced environmental and human rights instruments, ratifying all major climate and biodiversity agreements (Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol, Convention on Biological Diversity) as well as core human rights conventions. It has signed but not ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and taken no action on the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals. This pattern reflects a small island state prioritizing climate resilience and human dignity while maintaining flexibility on nuclear disarmament and international criminal justice.
Arms control & security
- Arms Trade TreatyRatified
- 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 MercuryRatified
- 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 TradeNo action
- 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 →The Bahamas votes overwhelmingly in favor of General Assembly resolutions, supporting 4,254 of 5,022 votes (85%) with only 15 dissenting votes and 404 abstentions. This alignment with consensus reflects a cooperative posture typical of small island developing states seeking multilateral solidarity on shared vulnerabilities. The absence of notable dissents suggests the Bahamas rarely breaks ranks on high-profile votes, instead using General Assembly speeches as its primary platform for distinctive moral and political argument on climate and equity issues.
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.820 (Very High), ranked #66 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.
1990–2023