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Timor-Leste
A combined view of Timor-Leste'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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Timor-Leste's General Assembly rhetoric has evolved from early acknowledgment of domestic governance challenges toward increasingly passionate multilateral advocacy. The country's speeches shifted noticeably around 2013–2015, when self-accountability and concreteness declined while multilateralism peaked, reflecting a growing confidence in framing national success through the UN partnership lens. Since 2022, Timor-Leste has adopted a more emotionally charged, reform-minded tone—critiquing global inequities and governance failures while maintaining strong rhetorical commitment to multilateralism, though with reduced self-directed accountability and variable concrete specificity.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High | Medium | High | High |
| 2007 | High | High | High | High |
| 2009 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2010 | Medium | High | High | High |
| 2011 | High | Medium | High | High |
| 2013 | Very High | Low | Medium | Low |
| 2014 | High | High | Medium | High |
| 2015 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | Very High | Medium | High | High |
| 2017 | Very High | Medium | High | High |
| 2018 | Very High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2019 | High | Low | Medium | High |
| 2020 | High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2022 | High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2023 | High | High | High | Medium |
| 2024 | Very High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2025 | Very High | High | Medium | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Timor-Leste demonstrates robust commitment to human rights and environmental frameworks, having ratified 18 of 24 tracked treaties. It shows particular strength in human rights (all five major conventions ratified), international justice (Rome Statute ratified), and core environmental accords (Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, Convention on Biological Diversity, and Montreal Protocol). Notably absent from its ratification record are several chemical and waste-management treaties (Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm, and Minamata conventions) as well as the Arms Trade Treaty, suggesting either lower priority or capacity constraints in these specialized regulatory domains.
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 WeaponsRatified
Environment & climate
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their DisposalNo action
- Convention on Biological DiversityRatified
- Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone LayerNo action
- 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
Voting record
Full voting record →Timor-Leste's voting record reflects strong consensus alignment, with 1,719 yes votes (82% of those cast) against only 3 no votes across 2,092 General Assembly votes. The country registered no notable dissents from consensus, indicating either disciplined multilateralist coalition-building or consistent alignment with prevailing General Assembly majorities. The high rate of abstention and non-voting (370 instances combined) suggests selective engagement, though this does not disrupt the overall pattern of consensus-oriented participation.
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.634 (Medium), ranked #142 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