Mali
A combined view of Mali'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
Mali's General Assembly rhetoric has undergone a dramatic transformation over the tracked period, shifting from collaborative multilateralism to strident sovereigntism. Through 2020, Mali framed itself as a crisis-affected state seeking and expressing gratitude for international support, with consistently high multilateralism scores (68–84) and measured emotional intensity. Beginning in 2021 and accelerating sharply from 2022 onward, this posture reversed: multilateralism scores collapsed to single digits (18–34), emotional intensity surged to the high 80s–90s, and Mali's speakers pivoted to fierce denunciations of France, ECOWAS, the UN system, and "neocolonial interference," emphasizing national self-reliance and new regional alliances instead of cooperation with Western-led institutions.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | High | Low | High | High |
| 2009 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2011 | High | Low | Low | Medium |
| 2012 | High | High | High | Low |
| 2013 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2014 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2015 | Very High | High | High | Medium |
| 2016 | High | Medium | High | High |
| 2017 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2018 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2021 | Medium | High | High | High |
| 2022 | Low | Very High | Medium | Medium |
| 2023 | Low | High | Medium | High |
| 2024 | Very Low | Very High | Medium | Medium |
| 2025 | Low | Very High | Medium | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Mali has ratified 23 of 24 tracked treaties, demonstrating broad institutional commitment across environmental, human rights, arms control, and trade governance themes. It has ratified all major environmental accords (Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol, and the Convention to Combat Desertification), as well as core human rights instruments (CEDAW, Convention on the Rights of the Child, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The sole exception is the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, on which Mali has taken no action, suggesting either lack of priority or alignment with broader nuclear powers' positions.
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 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 →Mali votes with consensus in the vast majority of General Assembly resolutions (4,869 yes votes out of 5,458 total), yet recent years show a pattern of notable dissents concentrated on humanitarian, weapons regulation, and geopolitical matters. Its notable no votes include votes against resolutions on extrajudicial executions (December 2024), lethal autonomous weapons systems (December 2023), chemical weapons implementation, fissile material treaty provisions, and Ukraine peace principles (all 2023)—all issues where Mali stood in opposition to 95–99 percent majorities, suggesting either principled isolation or deliberate differentiation from Western consensus positions.
Notable dissents from consensus
Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2024-12-17 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Lethal autonomous weapons systems : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2023-12-22 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Treaty Banning the Production of Fissile Material for Nuclear Weapons or Other Nuclear Explosive Devices : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2023-12-04 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2023-12-04 · voted N · 96% voted yes
Principles of the Charter of the United Nations underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2023-02-23 · voted N · 95% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.419 (Low), ranked #188 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