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Uzbekistan
A combined view of Uzbekistan'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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Uzbekistan's General Assembly rhetoric has evolved from procedural restraint toward increasingly concrete multilateral engagement. Early speeches (2006–2009) emphasized institutional reform, regional issues like water governance and Afghanistan, and domestic reform claims, but with limited emotional intensity and modest self-accountability framing. From 2016 onward, particularly 2020–2025, Uzbekistan shifted to a more assertive posture, substantially raising its multilateralism scores (78–88) and dramatically increasing concrete policy proposals while also deepening self-reported domestic achievements—a pattern suggesting more confident regional leadership and UN platform leverage.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2007 | High | Low | Medium | Low |
| 2008 | High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2009 | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2016 | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
| 2017 | High | Medium | High | High |
| 2020 | Very High | Low | High | Medium |
| 2021 | Very High | Low | High | High |
| 2022 | Very High | Low | Very High | High |
| 2023 | High | Medium | Very High | High |
| 2024 | High | Low | High | High |
| 2025 | High | Medium | High | High |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Uzbekistan has ratified 16 of 24 tracked treaties, showing strongest commitment to environmental and human rights frameworks: it ratified all six major climate and environmental conventions tracked (Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol, and four others) and all five core human rights treaties. However, it has taken no action on several arms control instruments (Arms Trade Treaty, anti-personnel mines convention, Nuclear Weapons Ban) and has notably abstained from ratifying the Rome Statute despite signing it, suggesting limited embrace of international criminal accountability mechanisms.
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 DestructionNo action
- 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 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 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 CourtSigned, not ratified
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 →Uzbekistan votes affirmatively in roughly 60% of recorded General Assembly votes, with a high rate of abstentions (11%) and non-participation (26%), indicating a cautious, selective approach to consensus. Its few notable dissents cluster around U.S. foreign policy—voting against three Cuban embargo resolutions (1995–1997) and a resolution on coercive economic measures—and took an isolated stance against a 2011 Syria human rights resolution, suggesting resistance to extraterritorial or great-power-driven initiatives when regional interests are perceived at stake.
Notable dissents from consensus
Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1997-11-05 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1996-11-12 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995-11-02 · voted N · 98% voted yes
Elimination of coercive economic measures as a means of political and economic compulsion : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1996-11-27 · voted N · 93% voted yes
Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2011-12-19 · voted N · 92% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.740 (High), ranked #107 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