Afghanistan vs Belgium: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Afghanistan and Belgium vote the same way at the UN General Assembly? Agreement over every shared roll-call vote since 1946, by year, decade, and topic — plus the resolutions where they split.
Overall agreement
42.7%
of 5,579 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 32.3% | 195 |
| 1950 | 23.5% | 404 |
| 1960 | 25.7% | 494 |
| 1970 | 42.1% | 954 |
| 1980 | 31.5% | 1,338 |
| 1990 | 49.0% | 626 |
| 2000 | 64.1% | 707 |
| 2010 | 60.0% | 860 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 56.6% | 946 |
| Nuclear weapons | 39.7% | 799 |
| Disarmament | 46.7% | 1,025 |
| Colonialism | 36.3% | 867 |
| Human rights | 32.2% | 923 |
| Economic development | 44.7% | 712 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Afghanistan | Belgium |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/189 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/204 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/173 | 2015-12-17 | no | yes |
R/69/210 | 2014-12-19 | no | yes |
R/69/227 | 2014-12-19 | yes | no |
R/69/190 | 2014-12-18 | no | yes |
R/68/144 UN. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--REPORTS | 2013-12-18 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Afghanistan and Belgium vote together at the UN?
Afghanistan and Belgium voted the same way in 42.7% of 5,579 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Afghanistan and Belgium agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Afghanistan and Belgium mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 32.2% of 923 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Afghanistan and Belgium last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-19 Afghanistan voted "no" and Belgium voted "yes" on A/RES/72/189 (Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).