Tuvalu
A combined view of Tuvalu'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
Tuvalu's General Assembly rhetoric has evolved from early emphasis on multilateral process and external asks toward increasingly concrete self-directed climate commitments. From 2007–2010, speeches prioritized calls on others over national action, with self-accountability scores below 35; from 2014 onward, self-accountability rose significantly (55–66), even as emotional intensity—driven by existential climate crisis framing—peaked in 2022 (88) before moderating. The country sustained high multilateralism scores (68–92) throughout, but shifted from relatively detached advocacy to passionate, detail-rich appeals rooted in Tuvalu's direct vulnerability to sea-level rise and climate injustice.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | High | High | High | Very Low |
| 2008 | Very High | High | High | Low |
| 2010 | High | Medium | High | Low |
| 2011 | Very High | Medium | Medium | Low |
| 2014 | Very High | Very High | High | Medium |
| 2015 | Very High | High | High | Medium |
| 2016 | Very High | Very High | High | High |
| 2019 | High | Very High | High | High |
| 2022 | High | Very High | Medium | Low |
| 2023 | Very High | High | High | High |
| 2024 | Very High | High | High | High |
| 2025 | Very High | High | High | High |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Tuvalu demonstrates strong, selective treaty engagement with near-universal commitment to environmental and human rights instruments. It has ratified 21 of 24 tracked treaties, including all 15 environmental conventions (from the Montreal Protocol to the Paris Agreement), all four core human rights treaties, and both trade governance agreements on corruption and the law of the sea. The three instruments without action—the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Rome Statute, and Transnational Organized Crime Convention—suggest limited prioritization of criminal justice and organized crime frameworks, though this likely reflects the constraints of a small island state rather than principled dissent.
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 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 RightsNo action
International justice
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal CourtNo action
Trade & governance
- United Nations Convention against CorruptionRatified
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeNo action
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaRatified
Voting record
Full voting record →Tuvalu voted affirmatively in over 55% of recorded General Assembly votes (1,234 yes of 2,231 total), with abstentions (158) and absences (819) accounting for substantial portions of its record. Notable dissents cluster around Israeli-Palestinian matters: the country voted against five resolutions on Palestinian rights and occupied territories between 2001 and 2006, when 95–99% of the General Assembly voted yes, marking Tuvalu as an outlier on Middle East political questions despite its otherwise consensus-aligned voting posture.
Notable dissents from consensus
The occupied Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006-12-14 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other occupied Arab territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006-12-14 · voted N · 96% voted yes
Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2001-12-03 · voted N · 96% voted yes
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2001-12-03 · voted N · 96% voted yes
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2001-12-03 · voted N · 95% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.689 (Medium), ranked #129 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