Cyprus vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Cyprus and United States 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
30.0%
of 5,367 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 41.3% | 465 |
| 1970 | 34.2% | 933 |
| 1980 | 11.4% | 1,345 |
| 1990 | 29.1% | 774 |
| 2000 | 34.6% | 930 |
| 2010 | 43.4% | 919 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 8.4% | 1,011 |
| Nuclear weapons | 29.7% | 826 |
| Disarmament | 33.3% | 1,056 |
| Colonialism | 13.1% | 800 |
| Human rights | 32.3% | 951 |
| Economic development | 27.2% | 692 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Cyprus | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
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 |
A/RES/72/11 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/4 Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-01 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/20 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/21 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Cyprus and United States vote together at the UN?
Cyprus and United States voted the same way in 30.0% of 5,367 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Cyprus and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Cyprus and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 32.3% of 951 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Cyprus and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Cyprus voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).