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Mauritius
A combined view of Mauritius'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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Mauritius has maintained a consistently strong multilateralist stance across twelve years of UN General Assembly speeches, with multilateralism scores hovering between 78 and 88. A defining and persistent rhetorical feature has been the country's emphasis on the Chagos Archipelago decolonization case, which appears across multiple years as both a sovereignty grievance and a legal claim, often paired with appeals for UN and Security Council reform. Notably, the country has gradually increased its concrete specificity and self-accountability in recent years—particularly from 2019 onward—incorporating detailed national climate initiatives, emissions commitments, and financing pledges alongside its multilateral calls, suggesting a shift toward backing rhetorical commitments with tangible action.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2010 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2012 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2013 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2014 | Very High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2017 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2018 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2019 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2022 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2023 | Very High | Medium | High | High |
| 2024 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2025 | Very High | Medium | High | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Mauritius demonstrates exceptionally strong commitment to environmental and human rights frameworks, having ratified all ten tracked environmental treaties—including the Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, and all major conventions on hazardous substances, biodiversity, and desertification. The country has also ratified all five tracked human rights instruments and three critical governance treaties covering corruption, organized crime, and the law of the sea, for a total of 22 of 24 treaties tracked. Its only non-actions are on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons—a pattern consistent with its abstention from the South Asian nuclear-weapon-free zone resolutions in the 1990s.
Arms control & security
- Arms Trade TreatyRatified
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban TreatyNo action
- 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 →Mauritius has voted affirmatively on the overwhelming majority of General Assembly votes (4,579 yes out of 5,282 total), reflecting a broadly consensus-oriented diplomatic stance. The country's most notable dissents are five consecutive votes against resolutions establishing a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia (1993–1997), each voting no when roughly 98% of the assembly voted yes—a pattern that stands in clear contrast to its otherwise cooperative voting behavior and suggests principled opposition grounded in regional or strategic considerations.
Notable dissents from consensus
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1994-12-15 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1996-12-10 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995-12-12 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1997-12-09 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1993-12-16 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.806 (Very High), ranked #73 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