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Latvia

Republic of Latvia

Europe
UN Member since 1991

Member of EU27, NATO, OECD.

Population

1.9M

GDP

$43.2B

Capital

Riga

Government

Unitary parliamentary republic

Power & politics

Leadership, governance, and democratic trajectory.

Democracy index

7.4 / 10

UN voting record

How Latvia votes at the UN General Assembly — ideological trajectory, voting partners, topic patterns, and key recent roll calls.

Ideological trajectory

Voting summary

No votes recorded for this period yet.

Bloc alignment

Bloc alignment data not available yet.

Top voting partners

Topic-level voting

Source: Erik Voeten, “United Nations General Assembly Voting Data”, Harvard Dataverse (CC0). Aggregated by Model Diplomat. Last refresh tracked in profile freshness.

Foreign policy

Bilateral posture, key relationships, and live diplomatic statements.

Foreign Policy

Latvia's foreign policy is anchored in NATO collective defense, EU integration, and transatlantic partnership. The country has been a strong advocate for maintaining NATO's enhanced forward presence in the Baltics and has steadily increased defense spending to meet and exceed the 2% of GDP target.

Key priorities include deterring Russian aggression, supporting Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, strengthening EU cohesion, and advancing the Three Seas Initiative for infrastructure connectivity in Central and Eastern Europe. Latvia is also active in Nordic-Baltic cooperation (NB8 format) and development cooperation in Eastern Partnership countries.

MUN Delegate Guide

As Latvia, speak from the experience of a nation that lived under occupation for half a century and rebuilt its sovereignty through peaceful means. This gives you unique moral authority on self-determination, territorial integrity, and the dangers of appeasement.

Coordinate tightly with Estonia and Lithuania (the Baltic trio is one of the most cohesive blocs in multilateral diplomacy), with Nordic partners, and with NATO and EU allies, especially the US, Canada, and the UK.

Advocate strongly for NATO deterrence, collective defense, and support for Ukraine. Raise concerns about hybrid warfare, disinformation, and minority rights manipulation by hostile states. Latvia's experience managing a large Russian-speaking minority while maintaining sovereignty is instructive for many countries. On economic issues, support EU digital and energy integration.

Treaties & memberships

UN multilateral treaty positions and IGO memberships.

International Organizations

United Nations (1991)NATO (2004)European Union (2004)OSCECouncil of Europe (1995)

Society & economy

Macro-economic snapshot and demographic context.

GDP (nominal)

$43.2B

GDP per capita

$23,000

Currency

Euro (EUR)

HDI

0.88