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Cameroon
A combined view of Cameroon'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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Cameroon's General Assembly addresses have maintained a consistent emphasis on multilateralism and international cooperation, with multilateralism scores remaining in the 45–88 range across the 2006–2025 period. The country's rhetoric shows notable fluctuation in self-accountability and concreteness: early speeches (2006–2008) featured concrete examples like the Cameroon-Nigeria border resolution and Bakassi settlement, but this specificity declined sharply in 2010 before recovering incrementally from 2019 onward. Emotional intensity has remained notably muted throughout, averaging in the low 40s, and appeals for international institutional reform—particularly Security Council reform favoring African representation—have become increasingly prominent in recent years (2023–2025).
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Very High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2008 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2010 | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
| 2012 | High | Low | Medium | Low |
| 2014 | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2019 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2020 | Very High | Low | Low | Medium |
| 2021 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2022 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2023 | High | Low | Medium | High |
| 2024 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2025 | High | Low | Low | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Cameroon demonstrates strong commitment to environmental and human rights frameworks, having ratified 15 of 15 environmental treaties tracked (including the Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, and all major hazardous waste and ozone-layer conventions) and all 5 human rights conventions in the dataset. Arms control ratification is nearly complete at 3 of 4 tracked treaties, with the notable exception of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which remains pending action. The country has signed but not ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and has ratified both major trade governance conventions tracked.
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 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 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 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 →Cameroon votes affirmatively in the vast majority of General Assembly votes (78.5% yes, 15.2% abstain, 0.2% no across 5,458 votes), demonstrating strong alignment with consensus positions. The country's two recorded notable dissents are separated by 36 years and represent rare departures: a 1986 vote against a resolution on South African apartheid and a 2022 vote against a resolution on addressing the global drug problem, both cast when approximately 93% of members voted affirmatively.
Notable dissents from consensus
Addressing and countering the world drug problem through a comprehensive, integrated and balanced approach : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2022-12-15 · voted N · 93% voted yes
Adverse consequences for the enjoyment of human rights of political, military, economic and other forms of assistance given to the racist and colonialist régime of South Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1986-12-04 · voted N · 93% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.588 (Medium), ranked #155 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