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Panama

Republic of Panama

Americas

UN Member since 1945

Member of NAM, OAS.

Population

4.4M

GDP

$76.9B

Capital

Panama City

Government

Unitary presidential constit...

Power & politics

Leadership, governance, and democratic trajectory.

Democracy index

6.9 / 10

UN voting record

How Panama 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

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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

Panama's foreign policy revolves around protecting the neutrality and sovereignty of the Panama Canal, attracting foreign investment, and maintaining good relations with all major trading powers. Panama is one of the few countries with trade agreements linking both the Americas and Asia.

Panama plays a mediating role in the region and has hosted peace negotiations, including those for the Colombian peace process. It maintains a balanced approach between the US and China, having established relations with Beijing in 2017.

Allies

United States

Colombia

Costa Rica

MUN Delegate Guide

As Panama, your primary strategic asset is the Canal. Frame it as a global commons that Panama stewards responsibly, and defend its neutrality against any attempts at external control. This gives you leverage disproportionate to your size.

Position yourself as a connector -- between North and South America, between Atlantic and Pacific, between Western and non-Western blocs. Panama's banking and trade hub status makes you a natural advocate for trade liberalisation and maritime law.

Coordinate with Central American partners in SICA while maintaining a somewhat independent, business-oriented foreign policy. On migration, you can speak authentically about the Darien Gap crisis and advocate for regional burden-sharing.