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Turkmenistan
A combined view of Turkmenistan'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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Turkmenistan's General Assembly speeches have remained remarkably consistent in their emphasis on UN-centered multilateralism and national neutrality, with multilateralism scores hovering between 82–92 across all years. The country has maintained a procedural, institutionally-focused tone throughout the period, prioritizing concrete UN-related initiatives and resolutions while eschewing emotional appeal—emotional intensity scores rarely exceed 32. Notable shifts include a marginal decline in self-accountability from 2014–2018 (peaking at 74) to recent years, with 2025 dropping notably to 38, suggesting an increasingly rhetorical rather than committal approach to pledged initiatives.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Very High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2011 | Very High | Low | High | High |
| 2014 | Very High | Low | High | High |
| 2016 | Very High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2017 | Very High | Low | High | High |
| 2018 | Very High | Low | High | High |
| 2019 | Very High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2022 | Very High | Very Low | High | High |
| 2023 | Very High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2024 | Very High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2025 | Very High | Low | High | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Turkmenistan has ratified 17 of 24 tracked treaties, showing strong engagement with environmental and human rights commitments while notably abstaining from certain arms control and enforcement instruments. The country has ratified all major climate agreements (Kyoto, Paris, UNFCCC) and core human rights conventions, but has not ratified the Arms Trade Treaty, the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty, or the Rome Statute, indicating selective prioritization of sovereignty-preserving over enforcement-heavy international legal frameworks.
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 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 CourtNo action
Trade & governance
- United Nations Convention against CorruptionRatified
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeRatified
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaNo action
Voting record
Full voting record →Turkmenistan's voting record shows overwhelming alignment with General Assembly consensus: across 2,802 votes, it voted affirmatively in 1,621 cases and dissented in only 37. The country's single notable dissent occurred in 1996 on a resolution regarding human rights in Iraq, when Turkmenistan voted against a measure that received 97% support, suggesting occasional deviation from international human rights consensus despite its treaty ratifications.
Notable dissents from consensus
Situation of human rights in Iraq : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1996-12-12 · voted N · 97% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.764 (High), ranked #95 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.
2005–2023