Iraq
A combined view of Iraq'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
Iraq's General Assembly rhetoric has evolved from post-2003 reconstruction narratives emphasizing international partnership and debt relief toward increasingly self-directed narratives of domestic achievement and regional ambition. The early period (2006–2013) featured detailed status reports on political transition and development, with relatively consistent emotional tone; the 2014–2016 period saw sharp spikes in emotional intensity as Iraq confronted the ISIS crisis, pivoting toward wartime appeals for international coalition support. Since 2017, Iraq's speeches have become more reflective and retrospective, balancing gratitude for international assistance with assertions of sovereignty, while 2023–2025 show a declining emphasis on multilateral cooperation in favor of domestically focused reform narratives, albeit with renewed calls for regional cooperation on water and transnational security threats.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2007 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2009 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2010 | Medium | Low | High | Medium |
| 2011 | Medium | Low | High | High |
| 2012 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2013 | High | Medium | Very High | Medium |
| 2014 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2015 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2017 | Medium | High | Medium | High |
| 2018 | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
| 2019 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2020 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2021 | High | High | Medium | High |
| 2022 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2023 | Medium | Medium | High | High |
| 2024 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2025 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Iraq has demonstrated strong commitment to environmental and human rights conventions, ratifying 20 of 24 tracked treaties including all major environmental accords (Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol framework), core human rights instruments (Convention against Torture, CEDAW, Convention on the Rights of the Child), and anti-corruption mechanisms. The country has notably avoided action on the Arms Trade Treaty, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and the Kigali Amendment, suggesting reserved positions on international arms regulation and international criminal accountability structures.
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 WeaponsNo action
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 LayerNo action
- 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 →Iraq has voted affirmatively on the vast majority of General Assembly resolutions (77% yes votes), with abstentions and absences (roughly 18% combined) substantially outweighing dissents (2%). Its few notable no-votes cluster in 1990–1992, during the immediate aftermath of the Gulf War, when Iraq voted against resolutions on the human rights situation in occupied Kuwait and Iraq itself—marking the only period of significant defiance from consensus on high-passage-rate resolutions. Since the early 1990s, Iraq has aligned with broader Assembly consensus, with occasional strategic absences on sensitive regional and institutional matters.
Notable dissents from consensus
Situation of human rights in Kuwait under Iraqi occupation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1991-12-17 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1990-11-28 · voted N · 99% voted yes
The situation of human rights in occupied Kuwait : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1990-12-18 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Situation of human rights in Iraq : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1991-12-17 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Situation of human rights in Iraq : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1992-12-18 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.695 (Medium), ranked #126 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