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Seychelles
A combined view of Seychelles'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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Seychelles' General Assembly rhetoric has evolved from early emphasis on climate vulnerability and multilateralism (2007–2014) toward increasingly concrete self-advocacy, peaking in 2019 with vivid, achievement-focused appeals centered on the Blue Economy and sovereign climate financing. While multilateralism has remained consistently high throughout, self-accountability scores climbed steadily from the low 40s to the low 80s by 2017–2019, reflecting a shift toward showcasing national initiatives alongside international calls. A notable dip in concreteness and accountability in 2021 signals a turn toward broader equity appeals over specific commitments, before stabilizing in 2022 with renewed balance between policy substance and systemic reform advocacy.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Very High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2009 | Very High | High | High | Medium |
| 2010 | High | Low | High | High |
| 2012 | Very High | Medium | High | High |
| 2013 | Very High | Medium | High | High |
| 2014 | Very High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2017 | High | Medium | High | Very High |
| 2018 | Very High | High | Medium | High |
| 2019 | Very High | High | Very High | Very High |
| 2020 | High | Medium | High | High |
| 2021 | Very High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2022 | Very High | High | Medium | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Seychelles demonstrates near-complete commitment to the international legal framework, ratifying 23 of 24 tracked treaties with only the Rotterdam Convention remaining unsigned. The country shows particularly strong alignment with environmental treaties—ratifying all major climate and chemical governance instruments—and universal human rights conventions, reflecting its consistent advocacy for vulnerable populations and climate action. This comprehensive treaty engagement underscores Seychelles' integration into multilateral institutions despite its small size and island vulnerability.
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 TradeSigned, not ratified
- 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 →Across 4,820 General Assembly votes, Seychelles voted affirmatively in the majority of cases (2,438 yes votes) with notably minimal dissent: only 12 no votes and 43 abstentions, with a high rate of non-voting (2,327). The single recorded notable dissent was a 2012 vote against a resolution on older persons' rights that achieved 92% consensus support, suggesting Seychelles' default alignment with broad international consensus while occasionally prioritizing other concerns.
Notable dissents from consensus
Towards a comprehensive and integral international legal instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of older persons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012-12-20 · voted N · 92% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.848 (Very High), ranked #54 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.
2010–2023