Oman
A combined view of Oman'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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Over fifteen years of General Assembly addresses, Oman has maintained a consistent rhetorical commitment to multilateralism and UN-centered solutions, with multilateralism scores persistently clustering in the 68–82 range. The country's speeches show a gradual shift toward greater self-accountability and concreteness from 2014 onward, particularly in 2014 and 2022 when it highlighted its own governance reforms and climate commitments; however, emotional intensity has remained muted throughout most of the period, with the notable exception of 2025, when Oman delivered a passionate appeal centered on the Palestinian cause that reached 74 on the emotional intensity scale while paradoxically offering minimal concrete policy detail or self-binding commitments.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | High | Low | Low | Very Low |
| 2008 | High | Low | Low | Very Low |
| 2009 | High | Low | Medium | Very Low |
| 2012 | High | Low | Medium | Low |
| 2013 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2014 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | High | Low | Low | Medium |
| 2017 | Very High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2019 | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2020 | High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2021 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2022 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2023 | High | Medium | Low | Low |
| 2024 | High | Medium | Low | Low |
| 2025 | High | High | Low | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Oman has demonstrated strong commitment to multilateral treaty frameworks, ratifying 21 of 24 tracked treaties while declining action on only two instruments: the Arms Trade Treaty and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The country's ratification portfolio is heavily weighted toward environmental treaties (10 ratified, including the Paris Agreement and all major ozone and hazardous-substance conventions) and human rights instruments (5 ratified), reflecting a preference for cooperative, norm-setting regimes. Notably, Oman signed but has not ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and has taken no action on arms control instruments despite ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
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 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 CourtSigned, not ratified
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 →Oman voted affirmatively in the overwhelming majority of General Assembly votes (4,645 of 5,181, or roughly 90%), with relatively low dissent rates (92 no votes, 276 abstentions). Its few notable dissents cluster in the 1980s and comprise consistent opposition to resolutions on the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)—voting against four resolutions supported by 94–97 percent of the chamber—and a single 1974 dissent on UN assessments scales, suggesting either a particular historical position on territorial disputes or occasional principled departures from consensus on financial matters.
Notable dissents from consensus
Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1986-11-25 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1985-11-27 · voted N · 96% voted yes
Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1987-11-17 · voted N · 96% voted yes
Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1988-11-17 · voted N · 96% voted yes
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974-11-12 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.858 (Very High), ranked #50 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.
2000–2023