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Côte d'Ivoire
A combined view of Côte d'Ivoire's UN General Assembly speeches, treaty commitments, and voting record.
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Côte d'Ivoire's UN General Assembly rhetoric has consistently emphasized multilateralism (averaging 79 across 13 years), with notable growth in concreteness and self-accountability after 2014. Early addresses (2008–2014) balanced domestic progress reports with appeals to international partners, but 2015 marked a shift toward detailed national commitments, peaking in 2019 with exceptionally high concreteness (82) and self-accountability (78) alongside sustained high multilateralism (88). Recent addresses (2020–2025) maintain this emphasis on both domestic achievements and multilateral reform while sustaining measured emotional tone, reflecting a country increasingly willing to specify its own contributions to UN agendas.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | High | Low | Medium | Low |
| 2010 | Very High | Medium | High | Low |
| 2013 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2014 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2015 | High | Medium | High | High |
| 2017 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2018 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2019 | Very High | Low | Very High | High |
| 2020 | High | Low | High | High |
| 2022 | High | Medium | High | High |
| 2023 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2024 | Very High | Medium | Low | Medium |
| 2025 | High | Low | Medium | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Côte d'Ivoire demonstrates universal commitment to international legal frameworks, having ratified all 24 tracked treaties spanning arms control (4), environmental protection (11), human rights (5), international justice (1), and trade governance (3). The country's complete ratification record across all themes—including the Paris Agreement, Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines, and Rome Statute—reflects a consistent posture of deep integration into UN treaty regimes with particular emphasis on environmental and climate commitments.
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 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 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 →Côte d'Ivoire aligns with General Assembly consensus in over 95% of votes (4372 yes out of 5458 votes, with 766 abstentions), reflecting a generally cooperative stance. The country's four notable dissents all concern the "Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples" (2015–2018), where it voted no against supermajority support (94–97% yes), suggesting a distinctive position on colonial independence matters that departs from otherwise consistent multilateral alignment.
Notable dissents from consensus
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2015-12-23 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2016-12-06 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2017-12-07 · voted N · 95% voted yes
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2018-12-07 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.582 (Medium), ranked #157 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