Bangladesh vs Pakistan: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Bangladesh and Pakistan 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
89.6%
of 4,499 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 92.8% | 554 |
| 1980 | 96.8% | 1,365 |
| 1990 | 91.7% | 770 |
| 2000 | 84.7% | 903 |
| 2010 | 80.0% | 906 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.8% | 964 |
| Nuclear weapons | 73.6% | 770 |
| Disarmament | 78.8% | 983 |
| Colonialism | 95.1% | 628 |
| Human rights | 94.1% | 870 |
| Economic development | 94.2% | 567 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Bangladesh | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
R/61/175 Situation of human rights in Belarus: resolution | 2006-12-19 | no | yes |
R/55/33C NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD | 2000-11-03 | yes | no |
R/54/54G NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD | 1999-12-04 | yes | no |
R/53/77Y NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD | 1998-12-06 | yes | no |
A/RES/74/41 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons | 2019-12-12 | yes | no |
R/73/175 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-17 | no | yes |
R/73/65 Treaty Banning the Production of Fissile Material for Nuclear Weapons or Other Nuclear Explosive Devices : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | yes | no |
R/73/48 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | yes | no |
R/72/245 nan | 2017-12-24 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Bangladesh and Pakistan vote together at the UN?
Bangladesh and Pakistan voted the same way in 89.6% of 4,499 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Bangladesh and Pakistan agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Bangladesh and Pakistan largely agree: they voted the same way in 94.1% of 870 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Bangladesh and Pakistan last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2019-12-12 Bangladesh voted "yes" and Pakistan voted "no" on A/RES/74/41 (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ).