Nepal
A combined view of Nepal'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
Nepal's General Assembly rhetoric has remained consistently multilateralist (78–89 on the scale) across 13 years, with an emphasis on institutional cooperation, UN reform, and its own contributions to peacekeeping and development. Emotional intensity and self-accountability remained modest through the early-to-mid 2010s but have risen notably since 2020, particularly in 2024–2025 speeches that blend appeals for climate justice and global solidarity with concrete domestic achievements. Concreteness has fluctuated moderately (38–68), suggesting Nepal balances generalized calls for international support with selective reference to its political transitions and development goals, though binding self-commitments have remained relatively restrained.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Very High | Low | High | High |
| 2009 | High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2010 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2012 | Very High | Medium | Low | Medium |
| 2013 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2014 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | High | Low | Medium | High |
| 2019 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2020 | Very High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2022 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2023 | Very High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2024 | Very High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2025 | Very High | High | Medium | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Nepal has ratified 18 of 24 tracked treaties, with particularly strong commitment to environmental and human rights frameworks—all eight environment treaties monitored are either ratified or signed, as are all five core human rights conventions. Its only area of notable restraint is arms control, where it has taken no action on the Arms Trade Treaty and anti-personnel mines convention, and has signed but not ratified three nuclear-related instruments. Nepal has also not ratified the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court, limiting its formal commitment to international justice mechanisms.
Arms control & security
- Arms Trade TreatyNo action
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban TreatySigned, not ratified
- 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 LayerRatified
- Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeRatified
- Minamata Convention on MercurySigned, not ratified
- 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 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 →Nepal votes affirmatively in the vast majority of General Assembly votes (4,953 of 5,544, or 89%), with very few dissents (22 no votes, 456 abstentions). The single notable recorded dissent is a 1961 vote opposing a Congo resolution that drew 92% consensus, suggesting Nepal's historical wariness of particular UN interventions. This pattern reflects an overall alignment with General Assembly consensus while maintaining selective use of abstention to register reservations on specific measures.
Notable dissents from consensus
The situation in the Republic of the Congo : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1961-04-15 · voted N · 92% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.622 (Medium), ranked #145 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