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North Macedonia
A combined view of North Macedonia's UN General Assembly speeches, treaty commitments, and voting record.
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North Macedonia's General Assembly rhetoric has evolved from measured procedural multilateralism in 2007 toward an increasingly passionate grievance-focused discourse, particularly between 2010 and 2018 when the country's name dispute with Greece dominated its messaging with high emotional intensity (reaching 91 in 2018) but minimal concrete self-commitments. Since 2019, the country has rebalanced its rhetoric toward constructive multilateralism, exemplified by framing the Prespa Agreement as a model for problem-solving and channeling historical grievances into broader calls for UN reform and global solidarity on wars, pandemics, and climate crises. The most recent speeches (2022–2025) maintain strong multilateralist positioning (scores of 74–88) while recovering emotional intensity around concerns about EU conditionality and great-power impunity, increasingly coupling this with more specific national commitments to international frameworks.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2010 | High | Medium | Low | Low |
| 2011 | Medium | High | Low | Low |
| 2013 | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2014 | High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2015 | High | Medium | Low | Medium |
| 2016 | Low | High | Low | Medium |
| 2018 | Low | Very High | Medium | Low |
| 2019 | High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2022 | Very High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2023 | Very High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2024 | High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2025 | Very High | High | Medium | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →North Macedonia demonstrates strong and broad-based treaty engagement across all major UN treaty regimes, having ratified 23 of 24 tracked agreements. Its commitment is particularly comprehensive in environmental governance (11 ratifications spanning climate, chemicals, biodiversity, and desertification), human rights frameworks (5 ratifications), and arms control (3 ratifications). The country's only inaction is the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, reflecting a posture consistent with NATO-aligned states; otherwise, its treaty portfolio shows consistent adoption of multilateral legal commitments across thematic areas.
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 →North Macedonia votes affirmatively on the vast majority of General Assembly resolutions (1666 yes votes, 61% of total), with a relatively high abstention rate (573 abstentions, 21% of total) that likely reflects careful navigation of contentious geopolitical issues. Notable dissents cluster around Middle Eastern conflicts and the US embargo on Cuba: the country voted no on five high-consensus resolutions (92–96% support) regarding Palestinian refugee assistance, UNRWA operations, Israeli settlements, Gaza accountability, and Cuba, positions that diverge from the typical majority alignment and may reflect NATO-alignment or bilateral relationships rather than systematic opposition to UN direction.
Notable dissents from consensus
Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025-10-29 · voted N · 96% voted yes
Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025-12-05 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025-12-05 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Second follow-up to the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010-02-26 · voted N · 93% voted yes
Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025-12-05 · voted N · 92% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.815 (Very High), ranked #68 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