United Kingdom vs Zambia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do United Kingdom and Zambia 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
40.0%
of 5,034 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 25.7% | 214 |
| 1970 | 38.3% | 948 |
| 1980 | 28.7% | 1,379 |
| 1990 | 44.4% | 709 |
| 2000 | 50.7% | 919 |
| 2010 | 48.3% | 864 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 59.3% | 963 |
| Nuclear weapons | 27.4% | 788 |
| Disarmament | 39.3% | 1,014 |
| Colonialism | 27.9% | 738 |
| Human rights | 28.9% | 928 |
| Economic development | 41.5% | 677 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | United Kingdom | Zambia |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
R/69/227 | 2014-12-19 | no | yes |
R/68/144 UN. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--REPORTS | 2013-12-18 | no | yes |
R/66/12 COUNTER-TERRORISM | 2011-11-18 | yes | no |
R/63/242 RACIAL DISCRIMINATION | 2008-12-24 | no | yes |
R/62/184 INTERNATIONAL TRADE | 2007-12-19 | no | yes |
R/61/164 Combating defamation of religions: resolution | 2006-12-19 | no | yes |
R/60/72 Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at th | 2005-12-08 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do United Kingdom and Zambia vote together at the UN?
United Kingdom and Zambia voted the same way in 40.0% of 5,034 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do United Kingdom and Zambia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, United Kingdom and Zambia mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 28.9% of 928 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did United Kingdom and Zambia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 United Kingdom voted "no" and Zambia voted "yes" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).