Cuba
A combined view of Cuba'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
Cuba's General Assembly speeches have remained remarkably consistent in tone and structure across the 2007–2025 period: fiery, emotionally intense denunciations of U.S. policy, imperialism, and global inequality, typically rich in statistics and ideological force but consistently low in self-directed accountability and multilateral institutional solutions. Emotional intensity has remained persistently high (78–96), while self-accountability scores have hovered in the teens and twenties for most years, only occasionally rising above 40 in speeches acknowledging Cuba's own international medical cooperation (2014, 2022, 2025). A notable inflection occurred in 2023, when Cuba's multilateralism score jumped to 68—the highest of the period—reflecting stronger framing through G77 solidarity and multilateral appeals, though this represented an exception rather than a sustained shift in rhetorical strategy.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Medium | Very High | High | Very Low |
| 2008 | Low | Very High | High | Very Low |
| 2009 | Low | Very High | High | Low |
| 2010 | Medium | Very High | Medium | Low |
| 2011 | Low | Very High | Medium | Low |
| 2014 | Medium | High | Medium | High |
| 2015 | High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2016 | Low | Very High | Medium | Medium |
| 2017 | Low | Very High | High | Low |
| 2019 | Low | Very High | Medium | Very Low |
| 2022 | Low | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2023 | High | Very High | High | Low |
| 2024 | Medium | Very High | Low | Low |
| 2025 | Medium | Very High | Medium | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Cuba has demonstrated strong and selective commitment to international law, ratifying 20 of 24 tracked treaties. Its engagement is most comprehensive in environmental law (11 of 11 ratified, including the Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, and Montreal Protocol framework), reflecting consistent support for collective climate and conservation action. Human rights treaties are also well-represented (4 of 5 ratified), though notably Cuba has signed but not ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Conversely, Cuba has taken no action on three treaties: the Arms Trade Treaty, the Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court—indicating reluctance on arms regulation and international criminal accountability mechanisms.
Arms control & security
- Arms Trade TreatyNo action
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban TreatyRatified
- Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their DestructionNo action
- 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 RightsSigned, not ratified
International justice
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal CourtNo action
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 →Cuba's voting record shows overwhelming alignment with General Assembly consensus (82% yes votes) across 5,694 recorded votes, with rare dissents that cluster around sovereignty, non-proliferation, and governance sovereignty issues. Its five notable dissents span decades—opposing a 1955 UN admission resolution, the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty endorsement, resolutions on electoral principles (1991) and entrepreneurship (1990), and a 2024 resolution on space security norms—suggesting a pattern of voting against measures perceived as encroaching on state sovereignty or advancing Western institutional frameworks rather than systematic obstruction of consensus.
Notable dissents from consensus
Entrepreneurship : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1990-12-21 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1991-12-17 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Admission of new Members to the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1955-12-08 · voted N · 96% voted yes
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1968-06-12 · voted N · 96% voted yes
Reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2024-12-02 · voted N · 95% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.762 (High), ranked #97 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