China vs Israel: UN Voting Alignment
How often do China and Israel 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
23.7%
of 4,222 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 34.9% | 539 |
| 1980 | 28.1% | 1,172 |
| 1990 | 18.3% | 742 |
| 2000 | 19.5% | 884 |
| 2010 | 19.7% | 884 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 1.6% | 956 |
| Nuclear weapons | 25.9% | 694 |
| Disarmament | 32.0% | 888 |
| Colonialism | 8.6% | 626 |
| Human rights | 11.4% | 859 |
| Economic development | 28.4% | 529 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | China | Israel |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | no | yes |
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
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/72/84 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-07 | 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 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/12 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do China and Israel vote together at the UN?
China and Israel voted the same way in 23.7% of 4,222 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do China and Israel agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, China and Israel mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 11.4% of 859 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did China and Israel last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 China voted "no" and Israel voted "yes" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).