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German Democratic Republic vs United States: UN Voting Alignment

How often do German Democratic Republic 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

32.1%

of 4,592 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946

Agreement by year

0%25%50%75%100%19731989
German Democratic Republic–United States UN General Assembly voting agreement, 19731989. Latest: 1% agreement in 1989.

Agreement by topic

German Democratic RepublicUnited States UN voting agreement by topic
TopicAgreementShared votes
Israel–Palestine7.7%944
Nuclear weapons43.0%759
Disarmament40.5%982
Colonialism16.3%644
Human rights36.9%878
Economic development23.8%596

Frequently asked questions

How often do German Democratic Republic and United States vote together at the UN?

German Democratic Republic and United States voted the same way in 32.1% of 4,592 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.

Do German Democratic Republic and United States agree on human rights votes?

On human rights resolutions, German Democratic Republic and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 36.9% of 878 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.

Data source: Erik Voeten et al., 'United Nations General Assembly Voting Data', Harvard Dataverse.