Jamaica
A combined view of Jamaica'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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Over 15 years, Jamaica's General Assembly rhetoric has evolved from grievance-oriented appeals in the mid-2000s toward increasingly policy-concrete messaging, particularly after 2016. While multilateralism has remained a consistent pillar (scoring 68–88 across the period), Jamaica's speeches shifted markedly toward greater self-accountability and specificity: self-accountability scores rose from the low 30s–40s in 2006–2015 to 55–68 in 2022–2025, while concreteness strengthened especially from 2016 onward (reaching 71–78 in recent years). Emotional intensity spiked notably in 2012–2013 around themes of insecurity and social justice, then stabilized at moderate levels, suggesting a move toward technocratic precision paired with selective moral urgency on issues like climate finance and reparative justice.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High | Medium | High | Low |
| 2007 | Very High | Low | Medium | Low |
| 2008 | Very High | Medium | High | Low |
| 2012 | High | Very High | Low | Low |
| 2013 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2014 | Very High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2015 | Very High | High | Low | Medium |
| 2016 | High | Low | High | High |
| 2018 | High | High | High | Medium |
| 2019 | Very High | Medium | High | High |
| 2020 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2022 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2023 | High | High | High | High |
| 2024 | Very High | Medium | High | High |
| 2025 | High | High | High | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Jamaica maintains a strong commitment to environmental and human rights treaties, having ratified 10 of 11 environment-themed instruments (notably the Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, and all major chemical/waste conventions) and 4 of 5 human rights treaties. Arms control is also a clear priority, with ratification of all four tracked instruments including the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Notable gaps include non-action on the Kigali Amendment (ozone-layer protection) and the Convention against Torture, and Jamaica's Rome Statute remains signed but not ratified despite clear engagement with international 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 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 PunishmentNo action
- 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 →Jamaica votes with overwhelming consensus, supporting 89.7% of General Assembly resolutions (4,852 of 5,399 votes) and rarely dissenting—only one notable no-vote recorded in the dataset (on the 1983 Grenada situation resolution, when 92% of the Assembly voted yes). Abstentions account for 6.3% of votes, suggesting selective reservations on contentious procedural or geopolitical matters while maintaining strong alignment with the broader international body on substantive issues.
Notable dissents from consensus
The situation in Grenada : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983-11-02 · voted N · 92% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.720 (High), ranked #117 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