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Central African Republic
A combined view of Central African Republic'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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Central African Republic's General Assembly rhetoric has been shaped profoundly by its prolonged humanitarian and security crises, shifting from early emphasis on multilateral cooperation and UN reform (2006–2007) to intensely emotional crisis appeals during its 2013–2015 conflict peak, when self-accountability scores dropped sharply despite rising emotional intensity. Beginning in 2016, the country's discourse gradually recovered toward balanced national progress reporting paired with sustained international appeals, though with notable volatility: a striking 2022–2023 pivot toward grievance-driven rhetoric and Global South solidarity—criticizing neocolonialism and Security Council sanctions—marked a temporary retreat from multilateralism (47–58 scores) before recovering in 2025 to passionate reform-oriented appeals combining both institutional proposals and genuine self-reflection on peacebuilding.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2007 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2013 | Very High | Very High | High | High |
| 2014 | Very High | High | High | Low |
| 2015 | Very High | High | High | Low |
| 2016 | High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2017 | High | Medium | High | High |
| 2019 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2021 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2022 | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2023 | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2024 | High | Medium | Low | Low |
| 2025 | Very High | High | High | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →The Central African Republic demonstrates strong, broad commitment to international legal frameworks, having ratified 21 of 24 tracked treaties across all monitored domains: arms control, environmental protection, human rights, international justice, and trade governance. Its ratifications span core human rights instruments (Convention against Torture, CEDAW, Convention on Rights of the Child and Persons with Disabilities), all major environmental and climate commitments (Paris Agreement, Montreal Protocol, UNCCD), and foundational justice mechanisms (Rome Statute of the ICC). The country has signed but not ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and remains inactive on the Rotterdam Convention, suggesting selective engagement with certain specialized regimes.
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 CourtRatified
Trade & governance
- United Nations Convention against CorruptionRatified
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeRatified
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaSigned, not ratified
Voting record
Full voting record →The Central African Republic votes affirmatively in the vast majority of General Assembly sessions (3,500 yes votes of 5,458 total), with low rates of dissent (28 no votes, 447 abstentions) and high non-voting frequency (1,483 instances), typical of smaller nations with limited delegation resources. Its rare dissents cluster notably in late 2022—voting against resolutions on ballistic missile proliferation, information security, and anti-satellite weapons despite near-universal support (95–99% consensus)—suggesting a deliberate policy shift, possibly reflecting alignment shifts or protest postures, while an earlier 1979 no vote on Western Sahara and a 2014 abstention on UN development operations indicate occasional principled departures from consensus on specific geopolitical or institutional issues.
Notable dissents from consensus
The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2022-12-07 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Programme of action to advance responsible State behaviour in the use of information and communications technologies in the context of international security : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2022-12-07 · voted N · 96% voted yes
Destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile testing : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2022-12-07 · voted N · 95% voted yes
Operational activities for development of the United Nations system : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2014-12-19 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979-11-21 · voted N · 93% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.414 (Low), ranked #191 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