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Lithuania
A combined view of Lithuania'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
Lithuania's UN rhetoric has evolved from a measured reform-oriented stance (2006–2012) emphasizing institutional renewal and concrete policy initiatives toward an increasingly forceful and emotionally charged posture centered on regional security threats. From 2018 onward, speeches grew sharper in tone while paradoxically declining in specific national commitments—criticism of "crumbling institutions" and geopolitical adversaries intensified, especially following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which catalyzed a pivot to passionate moral appeals and calls for international justice mechanisms. Despite sustained multilateralist framing throughout, Lithuania's concreteness on self-commitments has remained inconsistent, spiking during the 2009–2011 period and again in 2019–2023, but retreating in the most recent cycle even as emotional intensity reached its peak.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Very High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2008 | High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2009 | Very High | Medium | High | High |
| 2010 | High | Low | High | High |
| 2011 | Very High | Low | High | High |
| 2012 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2018 | Very High | High | Low | Low |
| 2019 | High | High | High | Medium |
| 2020 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2021 | High | Medium | High | High |
| 2022 | High | High | High | High |
| 2023 | High | High | High | Medium |
| 2024 | High | Very High | High | Medium |
| 2025 | High | High | High | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Lithuania maintains a robust commitment to international legal frameworks, having ratified 22 of 24 tracked treaties across environment, human rights, arms control, and governance domains. The country shows particularly strong engagement with environmental accords—ratifying all nine tracked conventions—and human rights instruments, reflecting a consistent prioritization of multilateral legal bindingness. Notably, Lithuania has withdrawn from the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention and taken no action on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a stance likely reflective of its NATO membership and regional security calculations in a volatile geopolitical environment.
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 DestructionWithdrawn
- 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 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 CourtRatified
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 →Lithuania votes with consensus majorities in the overwhelming majority of General Assembly votes (1765 affirmative of 2876 total), yet registers principled dissents on specific thematic clusters, particularly nuclear-related humanitarian resolutions and economic coercion measures. Its five recorded notable dissents—concentrated on "humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons" votes (2021, 2023, 2024) and resolutions on unilateral economic measures—suggest a pragmatic stance toward nuclear policy that diverges from the global trend, likely anchored in its NATO alliance and strategic positioning, rather than any systemic rejection of multilateral governance.
Notable dissents from consensus
Second Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2009-12-02 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2023-12-19 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2024-12-02 · voted N · 93% voted yes
Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2023-12-04 · voted N · 93% voted yes
Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2021-12-06 · voted N · 93% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.895 (Very High), ranked #39 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