Tunisia
A combined view of Tunisia'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
Tunisia's UN General Assembly rhetoric has remained consistently multilateralist across the period, averaging 75 on multilateralism scores, yet undergone notable tonal shifts reflecting domestic political transformation. Following the 2011 revolution, emotional intensity surged sharply (peaking at 78 in 2013 as Tunisia leveraged its democratic transition to advocate for international justice mechanisms), before moderating and then resurgent again in 2024–2025 around Palestinian rights and institutional reform. Conversely, self-accountability—once prominent during the post-revolutionary reflection years (2011–2013)—has generally declined, particularly in recent speeches (2024: 22, 2022: 32), suggesting a shift from introspective commitment to externally focused moral advocacy. Concreteness has remained modest and variable (range 34–61), indicating Tunisia favors principled calls for collective action over specific pledges of its own resources.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2008 | High | Low | Low | Low |
| 2010 | High | Low | Medium | High |
| 2011 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2012 | Very High | High | High | Low |
| 2013 | High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2015 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2021 | High | High | Low | Medium |
| 2022 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2023 | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 2024 | High | High | Low | Low |
| 2025 | Very High | High | Medium | Medium |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Tunisia demonstrates strong and near-universal commitment to international legal frameworks, ratifying 21 of 24 treaties tracked. Environmental treaties account for the largest bloc of ratifications (9 of 9 tracked), reflecting deep engagement with climate and biodiversity governance; human rights treaties are similarly comprehensive (5 of 5 ratified), as are trade governance and international justice instruments. The only notable gaps are two arms control treaties—the Arms Trade Treaty and Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons—on which Tunisia has taken no action, suggesting selective restraint in military-specific regimes. Tunisia has signed but not ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury, indicating intent but incomplete implementation.
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 WeaponsNo action
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 MercurySigned, not ratified
- 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 CorruptionRatified
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeRatified
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaRatified
Voting record
Full voting record →Tunisia's voting record is strongly aligned with UN consensus, casting affirmative votes on 92.5% of recorded ballots (5,112 of 5,529), with only 41 dissenting votes and 273 abstentions across the twelve-year period. No notable dissents from consensus are documented, indicating consistent deference to majority positions and an absence of polarizing or contrarian stances on contested General Assembly matters. This pattern reflects Tunisia's diplomatic posture as a cooperative multilateralist participant in the Assembly.
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.746 (High), ranked #105 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