Togo
A combined view of Togo'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.
Compare with another country →Speech history
Togo's General Assembly rhetoric has evolved from domestically-anchored reform narratives toward increasingly vocal advocacy for multilateral equity and African representation. Throughout the 2008–2020 period, speeches maintained measured diplomatic tones while balancing concrete national development achievements with broad calls for international cooperation, with multilateralism scores consistently high (68–88). A marked shift emerged in 2022–2025, where emotional intensity surged dramatically (from typical 30s–40s to 68–93), reflecting escalating critiques of great-power dominance and passionate demands for reparative justice and reformed global institutions centered on Africa's voice, though most recent rhetoric became more aspirational and less tied to Togo's own specific commitments.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | High | Low | Medium | High |
| 2009 | High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2010 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2012 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2013 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2015 | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2016 | High | Low | High | High |
| 2017 | High | Low | Medium | High |
| 2019 | Very High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2020 | Very High | Medium | High | High |
| 2022 | High | High | High | High |
| 2024 | Very High | Medium | Low | Low |
| 2025 | High | Very High | High | High |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Togo demonstrates strong and broad treaty commitment, having ratified 22 of 24 tracked instruments across all major thematic areas. The country has been particularly engaged with environmental governance—ratifying all nine tracked environmental treaties including the Paris Agreement and multiple ozone and chemical-control conventions—and human rights protection, with full ratification of five core human rights instruments. Its only notable restraint is on the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute), where it has taken no action, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which remains signed but unratified, suggesting selective caution on the most legally expansive justice and disarmament instruments.
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 WeaponsSigned, not ratified
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 CourtNo action
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 →Togo maintains a strongly consensus-aligned voting record, supporting the majority position in over 88% of votes and abstaining in fewer than 10% of cases. However, it has registered rare but pointed dissents on five high-consensus resolutions, most notably on Israeli–Palestinian matters (Jerusalem status and Palestinian protection, 2017–2018), the International Criminal Court's mandate (2023), and historical human rights and disarmament issues, suggesting selective opposition to positions it views as either legally intrusive or imbalanced in geopolitical burden-sharing.
Notable dissents from consensus
General and complete disarmament : prohibition of the dumping of radioactive wastes for hostile purposes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1988-12-07 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1999-12-17 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Report of the International Criminal Court : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2023-11-01 · voted N · 95% voted yes
Protection of the Palestinian civilian population : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2018-06-13 · voted N · 94% voted yes
Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2017-12-21 · voted N · 93% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.571 (Medium), ranked #161 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.
1990–2023