Haiti
A combined view of Haiti'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
Haiti's UN General Assembly rhetoric has evolved from formally diplomatic in 2006 toward increasingly emotional and urgent appeals, particularly after the 2010 earthquake. Early speeches (2006–2009) stressed multilateralism and international partnership while maintaining modest self-accountability; a shift occurred around 2013–2014, when Haiti pivoted toward more concrete domestic progress reporting and heightened self-accountability. From 2017 onward, Haiti's addresses have grown more pointed in demanding UN institutional reform—especially regarding the cholera epidemic and peacekeeping failures—while emotional intensity has surged in recent years (2023–2025) as security and humanitarian crises have deepened, pushing speeches toward urgent appeals for multilateral intervention alongside detailed descriptions of domestic collapse.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Very High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2007 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2008 | High | Very High | Low | Medium |
| 2009 | High | High | Low | Low |
| 2011 | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
| 2012 | High | High | Very Low | Low |
| 2013 | Medium | Medium | High | High |
| 2014 | High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2015 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2017 | Medium | Medium | High | High |
| 2019 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2020 | High | Medium | Low | Medium |
| 2021 | High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2022 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2023 | High | High | High | Medium |
| 2024 | Very High | High | High | Medium |
| 2025 | High | Very High | High | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Haiti has ratified 16 of 24 tracked treaties, demonstrating strongest commitment to environmental agreements (8 ratified, including the Paris Agreement and Montreal Protocol) and human rights conventions (4 ratified). The country has signed but not yet ratified six agreements spanning arms control (Arms Trade Treaty, Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons), environmental hazards (Basel Convention, Stockholm Convention), human rights (Convention against Torture), and international justice (Rome Statute), suggesting openness to these regimes without full domestic implementation. Haiti has taken no action on two treaties (Minamata Convention, Rotterdam Convention), both in the environmental 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 DisposalSigned, not ratified
- 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 MercuryNo action
- 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 PollutantsSigned, not ratified
- 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 PunishmentSigned, not ratified
- 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 →Haiti overwhelmingly votes in favor of General Assembly resolutions (4,269 yes votes of 5,694 total), showing strong alignment with UN consensus. Its rare dissents cluster in two patterns: opposition to resolutions on Israeli practices and Middle East situations in the 1970s (four votes no between 1971 and 1976), and a single 2019 dissent on weapons in outer space when 90% voted yes. This voting record suggests Haiti generally prioritizes multilateral solidarity while maintaining independent positions on select Middle East and arms control matters.
Notable dissents from consensus
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1976-12-16 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1976-12-16 · voted N · 95% voted yes
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975-12-15 · voted N · 93% voted yes
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1971-12-13 · voted N · 92% voted yes
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2019-12-12 · voted N · 90% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.554 (Medium), ranked #166 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