Comoros
A combined view of Comoros'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
Over 15 years, Comoros has maintained a consistent rhetorical commitment to multilateralism and UN-centered governance (averaging around 70 on the multilateralism scale), though emotional intensity has modulated sharply—peaking in 2013 and 2015 with passionate appeals around the Mayotte territorial dispute, then settling into more measured diplomatic tones from 2019 onward. The Mayotte dispute with France has been a recurring focal point, particularly in 2008–2009 and again resurging in 2025, often paired with broader development and climate concerns. More recent speeches (2023–2025) have expanded to include moral urgency on global crises like Gaza and Ukraine, while simultaneously showing declining self-accountability scores, suggesting rhetoric focused outward on international reform rather than domestic implementation.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2009 | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
| 2012 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2013 | High | Very High | Medium | Medium |
| 2014 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2015 | High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2016 | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2017 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2019 | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2020 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2021 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2022 | High | Medium | Low | Medium |
| 2023 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2024 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2025 | High | High | Medium | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Comoros has ratified 21 of 24 tracked treaties, demonstrating particularly strong commitment to environmental accords (11 ratified, including the Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, and all major hazardous-substance conventions) and human rights instruments (4 of 5 ratified, with only the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights remaining unsigned). The country has signed but not ratified the Arms Trade Treaty and the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, while taking no action on the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals, suggesting selective engagement with trade-governance and arms-control frameworks.
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 WeaponsRatified
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 RightsSigned, not ratified
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 →Comoros votes affirmatively on the vast majority of General Assembly resolutions (3,119 yes votes out of 4,886 total), with a notably low dissent rate (47 no votes, 133 abstentions). The five recorded notable dissents—spanning 1986 to 2024—involve financial and administrative matters (UN budgets, scale of assessments, Palestine refugee funding) and disarmament issues, suggesting principled stands on fiscal transparency and specific geopolitical positions rather than systematic opposition to consensus.
Notable dissents from consensus
Financing of the UN Disengagement Observer Force : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1986-12-03 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Decreasing the operational readiness of nuclear weapons systems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2018-12-05 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2024-12-24 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Proposed programme budget for 2025 : Section 26, Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2024-12-24 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2020-12-07 · voted N · 93% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.603 (Medium), ranked #152 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