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Bosnia and Herzegovina
A combined view of Bosnia and Herzegovina'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.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina's General Assembly rhetoric has shifted markedly from institutionally grounded multilateralism in the mid-2000s toward increasingly grievance-centered and emotionally charged discourse. Early speeches (2006–2007) emphasized the country's post-war recovery and compliance with international norms, whereas later addresses (2021–2025) have become dominated by accusations of international double standards, threats to sovereignty, and territorial integrity concerns. The emotional intensity of speeches has remained volatile, spiking dramatically around moments of regional or global crisis (2008 genocide accountability, 2012 Syria–Palestine solidarity, 2021–2025 Ukraine, Gaza, and domestic governance crises), while concrete self-commitments have consistently lagged behind rhetorical engagement. Most strikingly, the country's multilateralist framing—once consistently above 80—has deteriorated in recent years (2023: 42, 2025: 47), suggesting a retreat from institutional frameworks toward unilateral grievance-airing.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Very High | Medium | High | High |
| 2007 | Very High | Low | High | High |
| 2008 | High | Very High | Medium | Low |
| 2010 | Medium | Very High | Low | Low |
| 2011 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2012 | High | Very High | Low | Low |
| 2013 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | Very High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2017 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2019 | High | Very Low | Medium | High |
| 2020 | Very High | Low | Medium | Low |
| 2021 | High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2022 | Very High | High | High | Medium |
| 2023 | Medium | High | Low | Low |
| 2024 | High | High | Low | Low |
| 2025 | Medium | High | Low | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Bosnia and Herzegovina has demonstrated strong and broad commitment to international legal frameworks, ratifying 22 of 24 tracked treaties across environment, human rights, arms control, and international justice. The country has been particularly consistent on environmental treaties—endorsing the Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, and all major hazardous-waste and biodiversity conventions—and has ratified all core human rights instruments plus the Rome Statute. Only two treaties remain without action: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Minamata Convention on Mercury, both of secondary relevance to the country's geopolitical profile. This near-universal ratification record reflects Bosnia's formal alignment with liberal international law even as its rhetoric has grown more adversarial.
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 WeaponsNo action
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 MercuryNo action
- 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 TradeRatified
- 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 CourtRatified
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 →Bosnia and Herzegovina has voted affirmatively on the vast majority of General Assembly resolutions (1,597 yes votes out of 2,802 across the record), indicating consistent support for mainstream UN consensus positions. Abstentions (473) and non-votes (441) constitute a substantial secondary pattern, suggesting selective engagement or disagreement without formal opposition on roughly one-quarter of matters. The single notable dissent recorded—a 2010 vote against a resolution on a new international economic order that achieved 99% support—stands as an isolated outlier, highlighting the country's otherwise conformist posture in formal voting despite its increasingly vocal rhetorical criticism of the international system.
Notable dissents from consensus
Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010-12-20 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.804 (Very High), ranked #74 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.
2000–2023