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Djibouti
A combined view of Djibouti'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
Djibouti's General Assembly rhetoric has evolved from regionally-focused appeals with modest concrete detail (2011–2012) toward an increasingly institutionalized multilateralist stance paired with sharper self-accountability. Between 2022 and 2025, multilateralism scores climbed to the mid-to-high 80s while concreteness and self-accountability roughly doubled, reflecting a shift from generic international solidarity calls to specific commitments on SDG implementation, climate action, and regional peace initiatives. Emotional intensity has remained moderate except for notable spikes in 2025 (72), driven by forceful condemnation of Gaza and Sudan crises alongside data-backed financing discussions.
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Djibouti maintains strong commitment to environmental and human rights frameworks, having ratified 9 environmental treaties (including Paris Agreement and all major ozone, chemical, and desertification conventions) and all five major human rights instruments tracked. The country has also ratified three additional international justice and trade governance treaties, demonstrating broad adherence to multilateral legal regimes. Only two treaties remain unsigned: the Arms Trade Treaty and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, both in the arms control domain.
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 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 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 →Djibouti votes with overwhelming consensus on General Assembly resolutions (88% yes votes across 4,730 recorded votes) and rarely dissents; abstention and non-voting together account for only 11.4%. The two notable historical dissents—votes against disarmament and Cyprus resolutions in 1979 and 1988 when consensus exceeded 95%—are rare exceptions and do not reflect any consistent pattern of contrarian positioning.
Notable dissents from consensus
General and complete disarmament : international arms transfers : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1988-12-07 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Question of Cyprus : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979-11-20 · voted N · 95% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.513 (Low), ranked #175 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.
1995–2023