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Indonesia
A combined view of Indonesia'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
Indonesia's UN General Assembly rhetoric has remained consistently anchored in multilateralism and regional partnership, with scores hovering between 78–92 over the 18-year span, though emotional intensity and self-accountability have intensified notably in recent years—particularly from 2024 onward, when passionate advocacy on Palestine and concrete pledges on peacekeeping, food security, and climate action elevated both emotional resonance (reaching 88 in 2024 and 78 in 2025) and personal commitment scores (74 in 2025). Concreteness has fluctuated significantly, spiking during policy-heavy years (2008, 2009, 2016, 2024–2025) but remaining modest during more philosophical or commemorative addresses, suggesting Indonesia balances principle-driven appeals with selective policy detail tied to its own leadership initiatives and regional roles.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2008 | High | High | High | High |
| 2009 | Very High | Medium | High | High |
| 2011 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2012 | High | Medium | Low | Low |
| 2014 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | Very High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2020 | Very High | High | Low | Medium |
| 2021 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2022 | Very High | High | Low | Medium |
| 2023 | Very High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2024 | High | Very High | High | Medium |
| 2025 | Very High | High | High | High |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Indonesia demonstrates strong institutional commitment to environmental and human rights frameworks, having ratified 22 of 24 tracked treaties across these domains, with comprehensive coverage of climate (Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, UNFCCC), biodiversity, and hazardous-waste conventions, as well as all five major human rights instruments. The two non-ratifications—the Arms Trade Treaty and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court—suggest selective caution on international criminal justice and arms regulation mechanisms, even as Indonesia has ratified prohibitions on landmines, nuclear testing, and nuclear weapons.
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 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 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 →Indonesia has voted affirmatively on the overwhelming majority of its 5,594 recorded General Assembly votes (91% yes votes), reflecting a broadly consensus-aligned posture, with rare and historically concentrated dissents primarily from the 1970s–1980s on regional disputes (Western Sahara, Guatemala, Chile) that have not recurred in recent decades. This voting pattern reinforces Indonesia's contemporary diplomatic identity as a reliable multilateral participant, with abstentions and absences comprising only 7% of votes, indicating consistent engagement rather than strategic non-participation.
Notable dissents from consensus
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1986-12-04 · voted N · 95% voted yes
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1987-12-07 · voted N · 95% voted yes
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Guatemala : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1985-12-13 · voted N · 92% voted yes
Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1978-12-13 · voted N · 90% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.728 (High), ranked #113 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