Myanmar
A combined view of Myanmar'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
Myanmar's UN rhetoric has remained persistently defensive and domestically-oriented, with particular intensity around sovereignty and resistance to external scrutiny. Early speeches (2006–2009) combined procedural multilateralism with pointed criticism of great-power interference and sanctions, while later addresses (2011–2015) shifted toward self-promotional accounts of domestic reforms and political transitions, often with limited multilateral commitments. A notable exception occurred in 2016, when emotional intensity spiked to 72 with values-driven rhetoric reaffirming faith in the UN, but this proved brief. From 2017 onward, Myanmar's tone became increasingly defensive regarding the Rakhine crisis, with speeches sharply rejecting international judicial and human-rights scrutiny while emphasizing sovereignty and domestic institutional initiatives.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2007 | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2009 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2010 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2011 | Low | Low | High | Medium |
| 2012 | Low | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2013 | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
| 2014 | High | Low | Medium | High |
| 2015 | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | Medium | High | Medium | High |
| 2017 | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2018 | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2019 | Low | High | Medium | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Myanmar has ratified 15 of 24 tracked treaties, demonstrating clear commitment to environmental and development frameworks while showing notable resistance to human rights and international justice mechanisms. It has ratified all five environmental treaties tracked (including the Paris Agreement and Montreal Protocol), all three trade governance treaties, and three of four human rights instruments (excluding the Convention against Torture and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights). Conversely, Myanmar has taken no action on the Arms Trade Treaty, anti-personnel mines convention, several environmental amendments, and critically, has signed but not ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and taken no action on the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
Arms control & security
- Arms Trade TreatyNo action
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban TreatyRatified
- 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 WeaponsSigned, not ratified
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 MercuryNo action
- 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 TradeNo action
- 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 RightsNo action
International justice
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal CourtNo action
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 →Myanmar has voted affirmatively on the overwhelming majority of General Assembly resolutions (4,728 of 5,655 votes, or 84%), indicating general alignment with UN consensus. However, its pattern of notable dissents reveals a sharp pattern of opposition to human rights mechanisms, particularly votes against UN Human Rights Council reports in 2018, 2019, and 2020 (when 94–98% of members voted yes) and against a 2018 resolution on the human rights situation in Myanmar itself. This consistent resistance to international human-rights scrutiny aligns with Myanmar's defensive rhetoric on the Rakhine crisis and its reluctance to commit to human rights treaties and international justice frameworks.
Notable dissents from consensus
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2020-12-16 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2018-12-17 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2019-12-18 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2018-12-22 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1990-12-18 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.609 (Medium), ranked #150 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