Belarus vs United Kingdom: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Belarus and United Kingdom 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
34.6%
of 6,018 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 15.7% | 248 |
| 1950 | 19.7% | 407 |
| 1960 | 19.2% | 490 |
| 1970 | 29.2% | 948 |
| 1980 | 26.2% | 1,387 |
| 1990 | 51.1% | 759 |
| 2000 | 50.7% | 906 |
| 2010 | 43.5% | 872 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 59.9% | 1,013 |
| Nuclear weapons | 29.2% | 846 |
| Disarmament | 36.8% | 1,081 |
| Colonialism | 26.1% | 928 |
| Human rights | 27.5% | 974 |
| Economic development | 30.7% | 747 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Belarus | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
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/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 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/203 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | no | yes |
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/71/205 Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/130 The Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-09 | no | yes |
R/70/172 | 2015-12-17 | no | yes |
R/70/173 | 2015-12-17 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Belarus and United Kingdom vote together at the UN?
Belarus and United Kingdom voted the same way in 34.6% of 6,018 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Belarus and United Kingdom agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Belarus and United Kingdom mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 27.5% of 974 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Belarus and United Kingdom last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Belarus voted "no" and United Kingdom voted "yes" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).