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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A combined view of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines'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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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has maintained a consistently rhetorical and morally passionate voice in the General Assembly over fourteen years, characterized by vivid poetic language, intense emotional appeals, and sharp critiques of global power imbalances and institutional failure. Core themes have remained stable—climate justice, development equity, institutional reform, and reparatory justice—though the country's multilateralism score surged notably in 2020 and the tension between rhetorical force and concrete commitments has persisted throughout, with self-accountability scores typically remaining low despite occasional upticks. The speeches have evolved toward more SIDS-specific framing and explicit championing of small-island solidarity and vulnerable-state resilience, particularly evident from 2017 onward, while maintaining an uncompromising moral tone against hegemonic power and systemic injustice.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High | Very High | Low | Low |
| 2007 | Very High | Very High | Medium | Low |
| 2009 | High | Very High | High | Medium |
| 2011 | High | Very High | Medium | Low |
| 2012 | High | Very High | Medium | Low |
| 2015 | High | Very High | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | High | Very High | High | Medium |
| 2017 | Very High | Very High | High | Medium |
| 2019 | High | Very High | Medium | Medium |
| 2020 | Very High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2022 | High | Very High | Medium | Low |
| 2023 | High | Very High | High | Low |
| 2024 | High | Very High | Medium | Low |
| 2025 | Very High | Very High | Medium | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Saint Vincent and the Grenadines demonstrates exceptionally strong commitment to international legal frameworks, having ratified 23 of 24 tracked treaties across all major thematic areas. The country shows near-universal ratification in environment (9 of 9), human rights (5 of 5), and arms control (4 of 4), reflecting particular alignment with climate and humanitarian commitments that mirror its General Assembly rhetoric on climate vulnerability and justice. The single non-ratified treaty—the UN Convention against Corruption in trade governance—represents a striking anomaly in an otherwise comprehensive treaty engagement record.
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 WeaponsRatified
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 CorruptionNo action
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeRatified
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaRatified
Voting record
Full voting record →Saint Vincent and the Grenadines voted affirmatively on the vast majority of its 4,382 recorded General Assembly votes (2,867 yes), with relatively few dissents (18 no) and a notable abstention rate of 263 votes, suggesting selective engagement on contentious issues rather than reflexive opposition. The country's most prominent recorded dissent was its 1983 vote against a consensus resolution on the situation in Grenada (92% voted yes), a position tied to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' own historical context and sovereignty concerns, and its current voting pattern reflects general alignment with multilateral consensus alongside strategic abstentions on divisive matters.
Notable dissents from consensus
The situation in Grenada : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983-11-02 · voted N · 92% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.798 (High), ranked #76 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