United Arab Emirates vs Iran: UN Voting Alignment
How often do United Arab Emirates and Iran 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
90.6%
of 4,527 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 89.4% | 785 |
| 1980 | 96.1% | 1,288 |
| 1990 | 91.1% | 722 |
| 2000 | 91.6% | 857 |
| 2010 | 82.2% | 874 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.0% | 915 |
| Nuclear weapons | 94.0% | 770 |
| Disarmament | 87.2% | 972 |
| Colonialism | 96.4% | 659 |
| Human rights | 86.9% | 861 |
| Economic development | 94.9% | 607 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | United Arab Emirates | Iran |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/189 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/43 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/248 International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/203 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | 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 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/130 The Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-09 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/69 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/234 | 2015-12-23 | yes | no |
R/70/172 | 2015-12-17 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do United Arab Emirates and Iran vote together at the UN?
United Arab Emirates and Iran voted the same way in 90.6% of 4,527 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do United Arab Emirates and Iran agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, United Arab Emirates and Iran largely agree: they voted the same way in 86.9% of 861 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did United Arab Emirates and Iran last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-19 United Arab Emirates voted "yes" and Iran voted "no" on A/RES/72/191 (Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).