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San Marino

A combined view of San Marino's UN General Assembly speeches, treaty commitments, and voting record.

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Speech history

San Marino has maintained a remarkably consistent rhetorical commitment to multilateralism across 17 years of General Assembly speeches, with multilateralism scores clustering around 88–92 throughout the period. The country's tone has gradually shifted from procedure-focused institutional advocacy toward somewhat greater emotional engagement and concrete specificity, particularly from 2018 onward; notably, the 2025 speech marked a rare substantive self-commitment with its recognition of Palestine. Yet despite this evolution, San Marino's self-accountability scores remain characteristically modest—typically ranging from 18 to 55—reflecting its tendency to frame global challenges through UN-centered collective action rather than San Marino-directed pledges.

SessionMultilateralismEmotional intensityConcretenessSelf-accountability
2007Very HighLowHighHigh
2009Very HighLowLowLow
2010Very HighLowMediumMedium
2011Very HighMediumMediumVery Low
2012Very HighLowMediumLow
2013Very HighMediumLowLow
2014Very HighHighMediumLow
2015Very HighMediumLowVery Low
2017Very HighLowMediumLow
2018Very HighLowMediumMedium
2019Very HighLowHighMedium
2020Very HighLowMediumLow
2021Very HighMediumLowMedium
2022Very HighMediumMediumMedium
2023Very HighMediumHighLow
2024Very HighMediumHighLow
2025Very HighHighMediumMedium

San Marino demonstrates exceptionally strong and comprehensive commitment to international legal frameworks, having ratified 21 of 24 tracked treaties with no withdrawals. The country is fully aligned with arms control and human rights conventions, and shows near-complete ratification of environmental accords—notably including climate-related instruments (Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol) and the International Criminal Court's Rome Statute. The three unratified treaties (Minamata Convention, Rotterdam Convention, Stockholm Convention) are all environmental protocols, suggesting either administrative lag rather than principled opposition.

21 Ratified3 No action

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 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 PollutantsNo action
  • 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

San Marino's voting pattern reflects an overwhelmingly pro-consensus alignment, with 1,814 affirmative votes (64.7%) and only 295 dissents (10.5%) across 2,802 General Assembly votes recorded. The country's high abstention rate (18%) and minimal notable dissents indicate a preference for consensus-building and multilateral harmony rather than confrontational stances. This pattern aligns seamlessly with San Marino's rhetorical emphasis on institutional cooperation and collective UN-led action.

2802 total votes1814 yes295 no505 abstain188 not voting

Human development

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Human Development Index: 0.915 (Very High), ranked #29 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