Egypt vs North Korea: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Egypt 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
86.8%
of 2,082 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 88.6% | 544 |
| 2000 | 93.9% | 740 |
| 2010 | 79.0% | 797 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.8% | 520 |
| Nuclear weapons | 70.5% | 363 |
| Disarmament | 81.7% | 465 |
| Colonialism | 95.3% | 344 |
| Human rights | 89.8% | 531 |
| Economic development | 90.6% | 212 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Egypt | North Korea |
|---|---|---|---|
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 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/203 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/130 The Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-09 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/86 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/234 | 2015-12-23 | yes | no |
R/70/73 | 2015-12-07 | yes | no |
R/69/189 | 2014-12-18 | yes | no |
R/69/81 | 2014-12-02 | yes | no |
R/68/182 HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS | 2013-12-18 | yes | no |
R/67/183 HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS | 2012-12-20 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Egypt and North Korea vote together at the UN?
Egypt and North Korea voted the same way in 86.8% of 2,082 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Egypt and North Korea agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Egypt and North Korea largely agree: they voted the same way in 89.8% of 531 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Egypt and North Korea last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Egypt voted "yes" and North Korea voted "no" on 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).