Cuba vs North Korea: UN Voting Alignment

How often do Cuba and North Korea 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 2,066 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946

Agreement by year

Cuba–North Korea UN General Assembly voting agreement, 1991–2024. Latest: 1% agreement in 2024.

Agreement by decade

Cuba–North Korea UN voting agreement by decade
Decade	Agreement	Shared votes
1990	93.9%	555
2000	94.1%	723
2010	82.6%	787
2020	100.0%	1

Agreement by topic

Cuba–North Korea UN voting agreement by topic
Topic	Agreement	Shared votes
Israel–Palestine	99.8%	514
Nuclear weapons	72.0%	364
Disarmament	81.0%	458
Colonialism	94.5%	345
Human rights	95.4%	527
Economic development	93.5%	217

Biggest splits

Biggest UN voting splits between Cuba and North Korea
Resolution	Date	Cuba	North Korea
A/RES/71/86 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly	2016-12-05	yes	no
R/70/73	2015-12-07	yes	no
R/69/81	2014-12-02	yes	no
R/66/136 UN. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--REPORTS	2011-12-19	yes	no
R/65/91 LEAR WEAPON TESTS, TREATY	2010-12-08	yes	no
R/64/69 NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS, TREATY	2009-12-02	yes	no
R/57/9 IAEA REPORT	2002-11-03	yes	no
R/54/26 IAEA REPORT	1999-11-02	yes	no
R/53/21 IAEA REPORT	1998-11-02	yes	no
R/52/11 IAEA REPORT	1997-11-04	yes	no

Frequently asked questions

How often do Cuba and North Korea vote together at the UN?

Cuba and North Korea voted the same way in 89.6% of 2,066 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.

Do Cuba and North Korea agree on human rights votes?

On human rights resolutions, Cuba and North Korea largely agree: they voted the same way in 95.4% of 527 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.

When did Cuba and North Korea last disagree at the UN?

Among their biggest recent splits, on 2016-12-05 Cuba voted "yes" and North Korea voted "no" on A/RES/71/86 (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).