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Guinea-Bissau
A combined view of Guinea-Bissau'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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Guinea-Bissau's General Assembly rhetoric has remained consistently multilateralist throughout the 13-year period, with multilateralism scores hovering between 68 and 86, reflecting a steady emphasis on international cooperation and UN reform as central to national interests. The country's speeches show a persistent pattern of balancing domestic reform narratives—particularly around peacebuilding, security, and economic recovery—with heavy appeals to international partners for financial and technical support, suggesting a state navigating post-conflict fragility. While concreteness and self-accountability improved notably between 2010 and 2019 (rising to the 58–62 range), they have since declined, indicating a recent shift toward more ceremonial, institution-focused rhetoric with fewer specific domestic commitments. Emotional intensity has remained moderate and muted throughout, rarely exceeding 58, reflecting a measured diplomatic tone that prioritizes procedural solidarity over passionate advocacy.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Very High | Medium | Low | Low |
| 2007 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2010 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2011 | High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2014 | Very High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2015 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2017 | High | Medium | Low | Low |
| 2019 | Very High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2021 | High | Low | Low | Medium |
| 2022 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2023 | High | Low | Medium | Low |
| 2024 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2025 | Very High | Low | Low | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Guinea-Bissau demonstrates near-total commitment to international legal frameworks, having ratified 23 of 24 tracked treaties and signed but not ratified only the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The country shows particularly strong engagement with environmental agreements, having ratified all 10 environmental treaties tracked, including climate instruments (Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, UNFCCC) and chemical/waste management conventions. It has also ratified all five human rights instruments and both trade governance/rule-of-law treaties, indicating broad acceptance of international norms across security, environmental, and human rights domains. The sole unsigned ratification (Rome Statute) may reflect either procedural delay or deliberate hesitation on international criminal justice mechanisms.
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 CourtSigned, not ratified
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 →Guinea-Bissau exhibits near-consensus voting behavior, supporting the affirmative in 3,705 of 4,947 General Assembly votes (75%) while recording only 8 no votes and 172 abstentions, with 1,062 instances of non-voting. The overwhelming yes-voting rate and absence of notable dissents indicate consistent alignment with General Assembly majorities and minimal institutional resistance to multilateral decision-making. The high abstention and non-voting rates (24% combined) suggest selective engagement rather than obstruction, likely reflecting resource constraints or strategic disengagement on certain agenda items rather than principled opposition.
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.514 (Low), ranked #174 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.
2005–2023