Israel
A combined view of Israel'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
Israel's General Assembly rhetoric has grown increasingly unilateralist and emotionally charged over the thirteen-year period, with a dramatic decline in multilateral framing that fell from 38 in 2006 to just 8 by 2025. The earliest speeches balanced emotional intensity with occasional acknowledgment of dialogue and multilateral processes, but from 2010 onward, speeches consistently emphasized national self-defense, historical narrative, and bilateral ties while expressing sharp skepticism of UN institutions and processes. A pronounced shift occurred around 2012, when Iran's nuclear program became the dominant rhetorical focus, delivered with escalating specificity and emotional intensity (reaching 97 by 2025) while self-accountability scores remained low. By 2025, speeches had become starkly unilateralist, celebrating military campaigns and condemning international bodies rather than proposing collective solutions.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Low | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2007 | Low | High | Medium | Low |
| 2010 | Very Low | High | Low | Very Low |
| 2011 | Very Low | Very High | High | Medium |
| 2012 | Low | Very High | High | Very Low |
| 2013 | Low | Very High | High | Low |
| 2015 | Very Low | Very High | High | Low |
| 2017 | Very Low | Very High | Medium | Low |
| 2018 | Very Low | Very High | Very High | Low |
| 2020 | Very Low | High | High | Low |
| 2022 | Low | Very High | Medium | Medium |
| 2023 | Low | Very High | High | Medium |
| 2025 | Very Low | Very High | High | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Israel has maintained strong commitment to environmental and human rights treaties, ratifying 16 of 24 tracked instruments, with consistent engagement across climate change, biodiversity, and core human rights conventions. However, Israel has conspicuously avoided core arms control and international justice instruments: it has signed but not ratified the Arms Trade Treaty, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and has taken no action on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention, or the Convention on the Law of the Sea. This pattern reflects a prioritization of environmental and human rights commitments while maintaining strategic ambiguity and non-binding status on weapons regulation and international criminal accountability.
Arms control & security
- Arms Trade TreatySigned, not ratified
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban TreatySigned, not ratified
- Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their DestructionNo action
- 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 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 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 SeaNo action
Voting record
Full voting record →Israel votes "no" or abstains in approximately 80% of General Assembly votes (2,685 of 5,636 recorded votes), a pattern that reflects consistent alignment with a minority position rather than consensus voting blocs. Most strikingly, Israel has voted alone or nearly alone against repeated resolutions—notably opposing the 2006-2025 series on establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East (each achieving 99% support) and voting against Palestinian refugee assistance in 2006, demonstrating isolated positions on regional security and Palestinian issues. This voting pattern aligns with Israel's speech rhetoric in prioritizing unilateral security interests and strategic autonomy over consensus-building and multilateral institutional frameworks.
Notable dissents from consensus
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2023-12-04 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2021-12-06 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2024-12-02 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2022-12-07 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006-12-14 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.919 (Very High), ranked #27 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