Genocide at the Security Council 1992–2023

Chronology

Every term on the list over 32 years, counted however you ask for it. The choice of unit is itself an argument: the same numbers look like a steep rise or like a flat line depending on what they are divided by, and both readings are offered here on purpose.

The word list over time

When was each term said, and does the answer hold up once you allow for how much the Council spoke?

speeches using the term ÷ speeches held
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Periodgenocide
19922.35%
19933.87%
19946.46%
19954.95%
19963.59%
19971.31%
19983.54%
19994.77%
20003.35%
20012.98%
20022.68%
20032.08%
20043.62%
20054.42%
20063.57%
20074.10%
20082.57%
20092.85%
20102.44%
20111.81%
20122.65%
20134.12%
20145.35%
20154.43%
20163.04%
20172.44%
20182.32%
20191.98%
20202.88%
20212.30%
20222.79%
20232.62%
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Terms

Grouped by register. A set counts several terms together; a register counts every term in one family of vocabulary at once.

Does the vocabulary have a calendar?

Month by month, are there times of year when the Council reaches for this vocabulary more than others?

331 of 384 months drawn
Year by month grid of genocide, 1992–2023, as a share of the month’s speeches.JFMAMJJASOND19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023January 1992: 0.73% — 1 of 137 speechesFebruary 1992: 1 of 35 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumMarch 1992: 0.94% — 1 of 106 speechesApril 1992: 0 of 16 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumMay 1992: 1 of 45 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJune 1992: 0 of 13 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJuly 1992: 1.23% — 2 of 162 speechesAugust 1992: 1 of 60 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumSeptember 1992: 0 of 37 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumOctober 1992: 2 of 78 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumNovember 1992: 6.00% — 15 of 250 speechesDecember 1992: 0 of 84 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJanuary 1993: 0 of 79 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumFebruary 1993: 1 of 45 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumMarch 1993: 0.00% — 0 of 117 speechesApril 1993: 12.12% — 20 of 165 speechesMay 1993: 4.32% — 6 of 139 speechesJune 1993: 8.68% — 19 of 219 speechesJuly 1993: 2 of 83 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumAugust 1993: 3.42% — 4 of 117 speechesSeptember 1993: 0.00% — 0 of 113 speechesOctober 1993: 1.65% — 2 of 121 speechesNovember 1993: 0.00% — 0 of 146 speechesDecember 1993: 0 of 53 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJanuary 1994: 0 of 75 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumFebruary 1994: 10.80% — 19 of 176 speechesMarch 1994: 1.10% — 2 of 182 speechesApril 1994: 12.63% — 25 of 198 speechesMay 1994: 2.08% — 4 of 192 speechesJune 1994: 11.11% — 12 of 108 speechesJuly 1994: 9 of 92 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumAugust 1994: 1 of 11 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumSeptember 1994: 4.26% — 6 of 141 speechesOctober 1994: 0.96% — 1 of 104 speechesNovember 1994: 9.38% — 27 of 288 speechesDecember 1994: 2.48% — 3 of 121 speechesJanuary 1995: 1.04% — 2 of 193 speechesFebruary 1995: 2.78% — 4 of 144 speechesMarch 1995: 2 of 38 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumApril 1995: 0.63% — 1 of 158 speechesMay 1995: 1.52% — 2 of 132 speechesJune 1995: 11 of 97 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJuly 1995: 0 of 68 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumAugust 1995: 11.30% — 13 of 115 speechesSeptember 1995: 6.77% — 9 of 133 speechesOctober 1995: 1 of 5 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumNovember 1995: 4.62% — 6 of 130 speechesDecember 1995: 10.56% — 17 of 161 speechesJanuary 1996: 2.53% — 4 of 158 speechesFebruary 1996: 1 of 88 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumMarch 1996: 14.88% — 18 of 121 speechesApril 1996: 2.33% — 6 of 257 speechesMay 1996: 0 of 90 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJune 1996: 0 of 71 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJuly 1996: 0.94% — 1 of 106 speechesAugust 1996: 8.72% — 13 of 149 speechesSeptember 1996: 1 of 98 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumOctober 1996: 0.00% — 0 of 112 speechesNovember 1996: 6 of 36 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumDecember 1996: 0.00% — 0 of 108 speechesJanuary 1997: 0 of 51 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumFebruary 1997: 0 of 46 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumMarch 1997: 0.00% — 0 of 149 speechesApril 1997: 0.81% — 1 of 124 speechesMay 1997: 5 of 85 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJune 1997: 0 of 56 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJuly 1997: 0 of 35 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumAugust 1997: 0 of 91 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumSeptember 1997: 3 of 49 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumOctober 1997: 0 of 59 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumNovember 1997: 0 of 64 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumDecember 1997: 2.88% — 3 of 104 speechesJanuary 1998: 0 of 34 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumFebruary 1998: 0 of 38 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumMarch 1998: 0.99% — 2 of 203 speechesApril 1998: 19.21% — 29 of 151 speechesMay 1998: 1 of 37 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJune 1998: 1.62% — 4 of 247 speechesJuly 1998: 1 of 64 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumAugust 1998: 0 of 83 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumSeptember 1998: 4 of 99 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumOctober 1998: 0 of 26 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumNovember 1998: 0 of 69 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumDecember 1998: 0.74% — 1 of 136 speechesJanuary 1999: 3 of 45 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumFebruary 1999: 7.25% — 10 of 138 speechesMarch 1999: 8.21% — 11 of 134 speechesApril 1999: 0 of 4 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumMay 1999: 8 of 91 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJune 1999: 3 of 32 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumJuly 1999: 1.59% — 2 of 126 speechesAugust 1999: 3.05% — 6 of 197 speechesSeptember 1999: 4.73% — 16 of 338 speechesOctober 1999: 0 of 91 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumNovember 1999: 7.37% — 14 of 190 speechesDecember 1999: 1.76% — 4 of 227 speechesJanuary 2000: 3.11% — 9 of 289 speechesFebruary 2000: 1.84% — 3 of 163 speechesMarch 2000: 1.38% — 4 of 290 speechesApril 2000: 12.16% — 31 of 255 speechesMay 2000: 2.09% — 4 of 191 speechesJune 2000: 5.22% — 13 of 249 speechesJuly 2000: 2.25% — 6 of 267 speechesAugust 2000: 0.00% — 0 of 115 speechesSeptember 2000: 3.92% — 4 of 102 speechesOctober 2000: 3.06% — 7 of 229 speechesNovember 2000: 1.68% — 5 of 297 speechesDecember 2000: 0.00% — 0 of 124 speechesJanuary 2001: 1.98% — 5 of 253 speechesFebruary 2001: 4.43% — 9 of 203 speechesMarch 2001: 2.49% — 7 of 281 speechesApril 2001: 5.06% — 9 of 178 speechesMay 2001: 2.92% — 5 of 171 speechesJune 2001: 3.53% — 11 of 312 speechesJuly 2001: 2.70% — 3 of 111 speechesAugust 2001: 1.17% — 3 of 257 speechesSeptember 2001: 1.56% — 2 of 128 speechesOctober 2001: 2.33% — 5 of 215 speechesNovember 2001: 5.50% — 18 of 327 speechesDecember 2001: 0.91% — 2 of 219 speechesJanuary 2002: 0.71% — 2 of 280 speechesFebruary 2002: 0.71% — 1 of 141 speechesMarch 2002: 1.58% — 5 of 317 speechesApril 2002: 4.58% — 21 of 459 speechesMay 2002: 1.03% — 3 of 290 speechesJune 2002: 1.43% — 2 of 140 speechesJuly 2002: 4.27% — 17 of 398 speechesAugust 2002: 2 of 14 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumSeptember 2002: 0.00% — 0 of 147 speechesOctober 2002: 2.77% — 13 of 469 speechesNovember 2002: 1.71% — 3 of 175 speechesDecember 2002: 6.12% — 12 of 196 speechesJanuary 2003: 2.13% — 3 of 141 speechesFebruary 2003: 1.14% — 4 of 351 speechesMarch 2003: 0.83% — 4 of 482 speechesApril 2003: 0.41% — 1 of 245 speechesMay 2003: 2.91% — 6 of 206 speechesJune 2003: 6.91% — 13 of 188 speechesJuly 2003: 0.78% — 2 of 258 speechesAugust 2003: 0.00% — 0 of 131 speechesSeptember 2003: 3.59% — 9 of 251 speechesOctober 2003: 1.34% — 6 of 447 speechesNovember 2003: 3.45% — 6 of 174 speechesDecember 2003: 6.04% — 9 of 149 speechesJanuary 2004: 3.31% — 10 of 302 speechesFebruary 2004: 1.48% — 3 of 203 speechesMarch 2004: 0.38% — 1 of 264 speechesApril 2004: 0.00% — 0 of 306 speechesMay 2004: 2.38% — 7 of 294 speechesJune 2004: 9.09% — 25 of 275 speechesJuly 2004: 2.68% — 4 of 149 speechesAugust 2004: 0.85% — 1 of 117 speechesSeptember 2004: 1.25% — 2 of 160 speechesOctober 2004: 6.23% — 21 of 337 speechesNovember 2004: 4.35% — 11 of 253 speechesDecember 2004: 10.69% — 17 of 159 speechesJanuary 2005: 0.00% — 0 of 123 speechesFebruary 2005: 1.44% — 4 of 277 speechesMarch 2005: 2.53% — 4 of 158 speechesApril 2005: 1 of 84 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumMay 2005: 0.55% — 1 of 183 speechesJune 2005: 16.23% — 25 of 154 speechesJuly 2005: 2.91% — 6 of 206 speechesAugust 2005: 0 of 64 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumSeptember 2005: 4.63% — 5 of 108 speechesOctober 2005: 1.99% — 5 of 251 speechesNovember 2005: 0 of 59 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumDecember 2005: 15.09% — 32 of 212 speechesJanuary 2006: 6.55% — 11 of 168 speechesFebruary 2006: 0.70% — 1 of 143 speechesMarch 2006: 0.39% — 1 of 254 speechesApril 2006: 0.81% — 1 of 123 speechesMay 2006: 0.65% — 1 of 154 speechesJune 2006: 10.86% — 34 of 313 speechesJuly 2006: 0.78% — 2 of 256 speechesAugust 2006: 1.86% — 4 of 215 speechesSeptember 2006: 1.58% — 4 of 253 speechesOctober 2006: 1.37% — 2 of 146 speechesNovember 2006: 1.60% — 4 of 250 speechesDecember 2006: 9.49% — 26 of 274 speechesJanuary 2007: 1.44% — 2 of 139 speechesFebruary 2007: 0.43% — 1 of 232 speechesMarch 2007: 4.23% — 8 of 189 speechesApril 2007: 0.00% — 0 of 159 speechesMay 2007: 5.22% — 7 of 134 speechesJune 2007: 12.45% — 31 of 249 speechesJuly 2007: 0 of 53 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumAugust 2007: 3.29% — 5 of 152 speechesSeptember 2007: 4 of 76 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumOctober 2007: 0.79% — 2 of 254 speechesNovember 2007: 6.15% — 15 of 244 speechesDecember 2007: 5.26% — 10 of 190 speechesJanuary 2008: 4.67% — 5 of 107 speechesFebruary 2008: 1.81% — 4 of 221 speechesMarch 2008: 1.43% — 3 of 210 speechesApril 2008: 0.43% — 1 of 231 speechesMay 2008: 5.70% — 15 of 263 speechesJune 2008: 5.15% — 17 of 330 speechesJuly 2008: 1.03% — 3 of 292 speechesAugust 2008: 2.41% — 7 of 290 speechesSeptember 2008: 0.00% — 0 of 127 speechesOctober 2008: 0.83% — 2 of 240 speechesNovember 2008: 0.92% — 2 of 217 speechesDecember 2008: 3.84% — 18 of 469 speechesJanuary 2009: 7.89% — 25 of 317 speechesFebruary 2009: 0.79% — 1 of 127 speechesMarch 2009: 2.07% — 6 of 290 speechesApril 2009: 1.01% — 3 of 297 speechesMay 2009: 0.55% — 1 of 181 speechesJune 2009: 5.25% — 20 of 381 speechesJuly 2009: 0.99% — 3 of 304 speechesAugust 2009: 0.62% — 1 of 161 speechesSeptember 2009: 0.00% — 0 of 164 speechesOctober 2009: 1.57% — 5 of 319 speechesNovember 2009: 3.73% — 12 of 322 speechesDecember 2009: 4.89% — 11 of 225 speechesJanuary 2010: 0.51% — 1 of 198 speechesFebruary 2010: 1.90% — 3 of 158 speechesMarch 2010: 0.00% — 0 of 131 speechesApril 2010: 1.54% — 5 of 324 speechesMay 2010: 2.01% — 5 of 249 speechesJune 2010: 4.26% — 14 of 329 speechesJuly 2010: 5.51% — 14 of 254 speechesAugust 2010: 0.00% — 0 of 160 speechesSeptember 2010: 0.93% — 2 of 215 speechesOctober 2010: 1.26% — 6 of 476 speechesNovember 2010: 4.10% — 11 of 268 speechesDecember 2010: 4.74% — 13 of 274 speechesJanuary 2011: 0.43% — 1 of 232 speechesFebruary 2011: 0.64% — 2 of 313 speechesMarch 2011: 0.48% — 1 of 210 speechesApril 2011: 0.00% — 0 of 213 speechesMay 2011: 3.63% — 11 of 303 speechesJune 2011: 5.20% — 13 of 250 speechesJuly 2011: 1.16% — 5 of 432 speechesAugust 2011: 0.78% — 1 of 129 speechesSeptember 2011: 0.50% — 1 of 202 speechesOctober 2011: 0.60% — 2 of 335 speechesNovember 2011: 3.54% — 14 of 395 speechesDecember 2011: 3.80% — 7 of 184 speechesJanuary 2012: 5.45% — 15 of 275 speechesFebruary 2012: 0.85% — 3 of 352 speechesMarch 2012: 0.00% — 0 of 218 speechesApril 2012: 0.00% — 0 of 236 speechesMay 2012: 0.51% — 1 of 196 speechesJune 2012: 6.76% — 19 of 281 speechesJuly 2012: 0.57% — 1 of 175 speechesAugust 2012: 0 of 70 speeches — withheld, under the 100-speech minimumSeptember 2012: 0.47% — 1 of 215 speechesOctober 2012: 6.06% — 18 of 297 speechesNovember 2012: 2.29% — 10 of 437 speechesDecember 2012: 4.26% — 13 of 305 speechesJanuary 2013: 1.46% — 5 of 343 speechesFebruary 2013: 4.98% — 10 of 201 speechesMarch 2013: 0.52% — 1 of 194 speechesApril 2013: 6.16% — 17 of 276 speechesMay 2013: 4.35% — 8 of 184 speechesJune 2013: 7.31% — 32 of 438 speechesJuly 2013: 3.18% — 9 of 283 speechesAugust 2013: 3.06% — 9 of 294 speechesSeptember 2013: 0.65% — 1 of 155 speechesOctober 2013: 4.24% — 15 of 354 speechesNovember 2013: 4.32% — 8 of 185 speechesDecember 2013: 6.60% — 13 of 197 speechesJanuary 2014: 10.86% — 29 of 267 speechesFebruary 2014: 9.66% — 37 of 383 speechesMarch 2014: 2.63% — 12 of 456 speechesApril 2014: 6.43% — 25 of 389 speechesMay 2014: 6.27% — 25 of 399 speechesJune 2014: 8.49% — 23 of 271 speechesJuly 2014: 2.49% — 9 of 361 speechesAugust 2014: 6.49% — 22 of 339 speechesSeptember 2014: 1.79% — 10 of 559 speechesOctober 2014: 6.14% — 32 of 521 speechesNovember 2014: 2.21% — 9 of 407 speechesDecember 2014: 5.28% — 22 of 417 speechesJanuary 2015: 3.38% — 16 of 473 speechesFebruary 2015: 6.99% — 26 of 372 speechesMarch 2015: 6.11% — 33 of 540 speechesApril 2015: 1.42% — 6 of 422 speechesMay 2015: 2.77% — 11 of 397 speechesJune 2015: 5.73% — 24 of 419 speechesJuly 2015: 6.42% — 24 of 374 speechesAugust 2015: 3.52% — 8 of 227 speechesSeptember 2015: 2.19% — 5 of 228 speechesOctober 2015: 3.54% — 20 of 565 speechesNovember 2015: 4.40% — 17 of 386 speechesDecember 2015: 5.68% — 22 of 387 speechesJanuary 2016: 5.71% — 18 of 315 speechesFebruary 2016: 2.80% — 12 of 428 speechesMarch 2016: 3.01% — 11 of 365 speechesApril 2016: 0.93% — 4 of 432 speechesMay 2016: 2.07% — 9 of 435 speechesJune 2016: 7.42% — 32 of 431 speechesJuly 2016: 3.40% — 13 of 382 speechesAugust 2016: 0.29% — 1 of 348 speechesSeptember 2016: 0.42% — 1 of 239 speechesOctober 2016: 0.23% — 1 of 436 speechesNovember 2016: 3.34% — 18 of 539 speechesDecember 2016: 4.89% — 32 of 655 speechesJanuary 2017: 2.62% — 10 of 382 speechesFebruary 2017: 2.12% — 8 of 377 speechesMarch 2017: 2.29% — 9 of 393 speechesApril 2017: 2.41% — 11 of 456 speechesMay 2017: 4.95% — 26 of 525 speechesJune 2017: 2.72% — 14 of 515 speechesJuly 2017: 2.21% — 8 of 362 speechesAugust 2017: 0.29% — 1 of 345 speechesSeptember 2017: 2.19% — 8 of 366 speechesOctober 2017: 1.16% — 7 of 603 speechesNovember 2017: 1.56% — 9 of 578 speechesDecember 2017: 4.13% — 21 of 509 speechesJanuary 2018: 0.00% — 0 of 361 speechesFebruary 2018: 3.56% — 16 of 449 speechesMarch 2018: 0.47% — 2 of 429 speechesApril 2018: 1.35% — 11 of 812 speechesMay 2018: 5.92% — 40 of 676 speechesJune 2018: 3.15% — 12 of 381 speechesJuly 2018: 0.68% — 3 of 442 speechesAugust 2018: 3.85% — 12 of 312 speechesSeptember 2018: 0.19% — 1 of 519 speechesOctober 2018: 2.25% — 13 of 579 speechesNovember 2018: 1.29% — 8 of 618 speechesDecember 2018: 4.30% — 25 of 582 speechesJanuary 2019: 0.00% — 0 of 513 speechesFebruary 2019: 1.32% — 7 of 529 speechesMarch 2019: 0.23% — 1 of 427 speechesApril 2019: 1.58% — 12 of 761 speechesMay 2019: 3.22% — 19 of 590 speechesJune 2019: 2.16% — 13 of 601 speechesJuly 2019: 4.21% — 21 of 499 speechesAugust 2019: 0.88% — 4 of 456 speechesSeptember 2019: 0.49% — 2 of 412 speechesOctober 2019: 1.10% — 6 of 544 speechesNovember 2019: 4.72% — 25 of 530 speechesDecember 2019: 3.92% — 12 of 306 speechesJanuary 2020: 2.16% — 11 of 509 speechesFebruary 2020: 2.38% — 13 of 547 speechesMarch 2020: 0.54% — 1 of 186 speechesApril 2020: 0.73% — 2 of 275 speechesMay 2020: 7.65% — 25 of 327 speechesJune 2020: 5.05% — 20 of 396 speechesJuly 2020: 2.25% — 11 of 488 speechesAugust 2020: 0.37% — 1 of 270 speechesSeptember 2020: 0.30% — 1 of 329 speechesOctober 2020: 0.95% — 4 of 422 speechesNovember 2020: 2.93% — 9 of 307 speechesDecember 2020: 8.64% — 28 of 324 speechesJanuary 2021: 1.20% — 4 of 332 speechesFebruary 2021: 0.35% — 1 of 287 speechesMarch 2021: 0.31% — 1 of 322 speechesApril 2021: 2.27% — 10 of 441 speechesMay 2021: 5.87% — 28 of 477 speechesJune 2021: 3.45% — 22 of 637 speechesJuly 2021: 0.39% — 1 of 259 speechesAugust 2021: 0.00% — 0 of 338 speechesSeptember 2021: 0.23% — 1 of 435 speechesOctober 2021: 2.39% — 14 of 585 speechesNovember 2021: 1.90% — 10 of 525 speechesDecember 2021: 5.22% — 26 of 498 speechesJanuary 2022: 1.38% — 8 of 580 speechesFebruary 2022: 1.31% — 6 of 459 speechesMarch 2022: 0.98% — 6 of 614 speechesApril 2022: 2.40% — 14 of 583 speechesMay 2022: 2.50% — 17 of 679 speechesJune 2022: 10.20% — 86 of 843 speechesJuly 2022: 0.52% — 3 of 574 speechesAugust 2022: 1.30% — 5 of 384 speechesSeptember 2022: 2.43% — 12 of 494 speechesOctober 2022: 0.60% — 5 of 827 speechesNovember 2022: 1.25% — 7 of 558 speechesDecember 2022: 5.29% — 32 of 605 speechesJanuary 2023: 1.72% — 7 of 408 speechesFebruary 2023: 1.08% — 6 of 556 speechesMarch 2023: 2.00% — 14 of 701 speechesApril 2023: 1.88% — 9 of 478 speechesMay 2023: 1.74% — 9 of 516 speechesJune 2023: 4.08% — 27 of 661 speechesJuly 2023: 2.16% — 18 of 832 speechesAugust 2023: 1.56% — 8 of 512 speechesSeptember 2023: 2.20% — 13 of 592 speechesOctober 2023: 3.36% — 34 of 1,011 speechesNovember 2023: 3.22% — 18 of 559 speechesDecember 2023: 4.65% — 37 of 795 speeches09.60%19.21%share of the month’s speechesno rate (53)
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A dash marks a month with no published rate. Every number opens that month's lines in the concordance, that month alone rather than the year around it. Months with no rate link too: the minimum applies to the rate, and the lines beneath it are the record itself rather than an estimate drawn from it.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
19920.73%—0.94%———1.23%———6.00%—
1993——0.00%12.12%4.32%8.68%—3.42%0.00%1.65%0.00%—
1994—10.80%1.10%12.63%2.08%11.11%——4.26%0.96%9.38%2.48%
19951.04%2.78%—0.63%1.52%——11.30%6.77%—4.62%10.56%
19962.53%—14.88%2.33%——0.94%8.72%—0.00%—0.00%
1997——0.00%0.81%———————2.88%
1998——0.99%19.21%—1.62%—————0.74%
1999—7.25%8.21%———1.59%3.05%4.73%—7.37%1.76%
20003.11%1.84%1.38%12.16%2.09%5.22%2.25%0.00%3.92%3.06%1.68%0.00%
20011.98%4.43%2.49%5.06%2.92%3.53%2.70%1.17%1.56%2.33%5.50%0.91%
20020.71%0.71%1.58%4.58%1.03%1.43%4.27%—0.00%2.77%1.71%6.12%
20032.13%1.14%0.83%0.41%2.91%6.91%0.78%0.00%3.59%1.34%3.45%6.04%
20043.31%1.48%0.38%0.00%2.38%9.09%2.68%0.85%1.25%6.23%4.35%10.69%
20050.00%1.44%2.53%—0.55%16.23%2.91%—4.63%1.99%—15.09%
20066.55%0.70%0.39%0.81%0.65%10.86%0.78%1.86%1.58%1.37%1.60%9.49%
20071.44%0.43%4.23%0.00%5.22%12.45%—3.29%—0.79%6.15%5.26%
20084.67%1.81%1.43%0.43%5.70%5.15%1.03%2.41%0.00%0.83%0.92%3.84%
20097.89%0.79%2.07%1.01%0.55%5.25%0.99%0.62%0.00%1.57%3.73%4.89%
20100.51%1.90%0.00%1.54%2.01%4.26%5.51%0.00%0.93%1.26%4.10%4.74%
20110.43%0.64%0.48%0.00%3.63%5.20%1.16%0.78%0.50%0.60%3.54%3.80%
20125.45%0.85%0.00%0.00%0.51%6.76%0.57%—0.47%6.06%2.29%4.26%
20131.46%4.98%0.52%6.16%4.35%7.31%3.18%3.06%0.65%4.24%4.32%6.60%
201410.86%9.66%2.63%6.43%6.27%8.49%2.49%6.49%1.79%6.14%2.21%5.28%
20153.38%6.99%6.11%1.42%2.77%5.73%6.42%3.52%2.19%3.54%4.40%5.68%
20165.71%2.80%3.01%0.93%2.07%7.42%3.40%0.29%0.42%0.23%3.34%4.89%
20172.62%2.12%2.29%2.41%4.95%2.72%2.21%0.29%2.19%1.16%1.56%4.13%
20180.00%3.56%0.47%1.35%5.92%3.15%0.68%3.85%0.19%2.25%1.29%4.30%
20190.00%1.32%0.23%1.58%3.22%2.16%4.21%0.88%0.49%1.10%4.72%3.92%
20202.16%2.38%0.54%0.73%7.65%5.05%2.25%0.37%0.30%0.95%2.93%8.64%
20211.20%0.35%0.31%2.27%5.87%3.45%0.39%0.00%0.23%2.39%1.90%5.22%
20221.38%1.31%0.98%2.40%2.50%10.20%0.52%1.30%2.43%0.60%1.25%5.29%
20231.72%1.08%2.00%1.88%1.74%4.08%2.16%1.56%2.20%3.36%3.22%4.65%

Shading always carries a rate, never a count. Twice as dark is not twice the rate — read the key. A hatched square has no rate; it is not a zero.

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The same twelve months, pooled

Across thirty-two years, which months of the year carry the vocabulary — and what was on the agenda in them?

MonthSpeechesUsing the termRateWithout 1994/1995Largest agenda item behind them
January8,0792072.56%2.62%Protection Of Civilians 43 · 20.77%
February8,1822172.65%2.47%Maintenance Of International Peace And Security 44 · 20.28%
March8,9711711.91%1.91%Middle East 32 · 18.71%
April9,5082762.90%2.73%Bosnia And Herzegovina 45 · 16.30%
May8,8313113.52%3.59%Protection Of Civilians 76 · 24.44%
June9,8875915.98%5.87%International Tribunals 213 · 36.04%
July8,7472032.32%2.26%Bosnia And Herzegovina 34 · 16.75%
August6,5231332.04%1.86%Maintenance Of International Peace And Security 26 · 19.55%
September7,4841281.71%1.57%Africa 14 · 10.94%
October11,0582512.27%2.27%Women And Peace And Security 54 · 21.51%
November9,7833173.24%3.03%Bosnia And Herzegovina 74 · 23.34%
December9,2494685.06%5.00%International Tribunals 177 · 37.82%

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Testing for a change in the rate

Is the genocide series better described by one steady rate, or by two?

UnitPartitionEarlierLaterRatiop
Share of speeches20173.47%2.48%0.71×0.0005
Per 100k words201610.897.060.65×0.0005
View the second, exploratory change-point method

This method shuffles the same yearly values into a new order to see how unusual the real ordering is, which detects a step up or down but not a gradual trend: a series that rises smoothly will return a break at its midpoint regardless. Read these candidates against the plotted series rather than in place of it.

UnitCandidate yearDiagnostic p
Speeches20130.0010
Occurrences20140.0115
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Who says it, and in what debate

Is the rise or fall concentrated in one kind of speaker, or one part of the agenda?

Choose a split above to break the series apart.

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Reference dates

35 dates, selected by hand, used to mark the chart above. Each links to the official record used to verify its date and description. They are there for context; a date falling near a change in the chart is not evidence that it produced the change.

DateEventKindSource
30 May 1992Sanctions on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia— First Council enforcement action of the Bosnian warcouncilS/RES/757
25 May 1993International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia established— First international criminal tribunal since NuremberglegalS/RES/827
6 April 1994Rwandan genocide begins— Habyarimana's aircraft shot down over KigaliatrocityUN Rwanda outreach
21 April 1994UNAMIR cut to 270 troops— The Council's withdrawal at the height of the killingcouncilS/RES/912
22 June 1994Operation Turquoise authorised— French-led intervention under Chapter VIIcouncilS/RES/929
4 July 1994RPF takes Kigali— End of the hundred daysatrocityUN Rwanda outreach
8 November 1994International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda established— Rwanda voted against the resolution creating itlegalS/RES/955
11 July 1995Fall of Srebrenica— Later ruled genocide by the ICTY and the ICJatrocityUN Srebrenica outreach
14 December 1995Dayton Agreement signed in ParisconflictS/1996/1017
17 July 1998Rome Statute adopted— Genocide as the first of the four core crimeslegalA/CONF.183/9
24 March 1999NATO air campaign over Kosovo begins— Intervention without Council authorisationconflictSC/6657
15 December 1999Independent inquiry into UN action in Rwanda— The Carlsson reportinstitutionalS/1999/1257
1 July 2002Rome Statute enters into forcelegalICC-ASP/14/30
7 April 2004Action Plan to Prevent Genocide— Announced on the tenth anniversary of RwandainstitutionalSG/SM/9245
30 July 2004Darfur: arms embargo and demands on the JanjaweedcouncilS/RES/1556
9 September 2004US Secretary of State names Darfur a genocide— A state qualification the Council did not adoptcontestedUS State Department
31 March 2005Darfur referred to the International Criminal Court— First Council referral to the ICClegalS/RES/1593
16 September 2005World Summit Outcome adopts the responsibility to protect— Paragraphs 138-139institutionalA/RES/60/1
28 April 2006Responsibility to protect reaffirmed by the Council— Protection of civilians in armed conflictcouncilS/RES/1674
8 August 2008Russia-Georgia war— Competing genocide claims over South OssetiacontestedSC/9417
12 July 2010ICC issues a genocide warrant for al-Bashir— Genocide added to the 2009 warrantlegalICC-02/05-01/09
17 March 2011Libya: all necessary measures— The high-water mark of R2PcouncilS/RES/1973
4 October 2011First Russian and Chinese veto on SyriacouncilSC/10403
21 August 2013Ghouta chemical attackatrocityA/67/997-S/2013/553
15 March 2014Crimea draft resolution vetoedcouncilS/2014/189
3 August 2014Sinjar: ISIL attacks the YazidisatrocityA/HRC/32/CRP.2
15 August 2014Sanctions on ISIL and the Al-Nusrah FrontcouncilS/RES/2170
8 July 2015Srebrenica genocide resolution vetoed— Russia's veto on the twentieth anniversarycontestedSC/11961
25 August 2017Rakhine: the Rohingya exodus beginsatrocityOHCHR mission report
11 November 2019The Gambia v. Myanmar filed at the ICJ— First Genocide Convention case brought by a non-injured statelegalICJ 178
23 January 2020Provisional measures ordered in The Gambia v. MyanmarlegalICJ 178
24 February 2022Russia invades Ukraine— Invasion justified in part by a genocide claim in DonbasconflictSG/SM/21158
16 March 2022Provisional measures ordered in Ukraine v. Russia— Brought under the Genocide ConventionlegalICJ 182
7 October 2023Hamas attack on IsraelconflictSG/SM/22021
29 December 2023South Africa v. Israel filed at the ICJ— Two days before the corpus endslegalICJ 192
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