Guyana vs Venezuela: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Guyana and Venezuela 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
88.4%
of 4,984 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 70.5% | 149 |
| 1970 | 83.8% | 922 |
| 1980 | 92.6% | 1,359 |
| 1990 | 92.7% | 771 |
| 2000 | 90.1% | 898 |
| 2010 | 84.3% | 885 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 94.4% | 982 |
| Nuclear weapons | 93.6% | 793 |
| Disarmament | 92.4% | 1,012 |
| Colonialism | 91.1% | 742 |
| Human rights | 83.7% | 916 |
| Economic development | 91.2% | 662 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Guyana | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/71/248 International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/130 The Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-09 | yes | no |
R/69/210 | 2014-12-19 | yes | no |
R/67/202 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | 2012-12-21 | yes | no |
R/66/176 HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS | 2011-12-19 | yes | no |
R/65/206 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2010-12-21 | no | yes |
R/64/238 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, MYANMAR | 2009-12-24 | yes | no |
R/63/168 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2008-12-18 | no | yes |
R/62/222 HUMAN RIGHTS, MYANMAR, REPORTS | 2007-12-22 | yes | no |
R/39/5 KAMPUCHEA | 1984-10-04 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Guyana and Venezuela vote together at the UN?
Guyana and Venezuela voted the same way in 88.4% of 4,984 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Guyana and Venezuela agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Guyana and Venezuela largely agree: they voted the same way in 83.7% of 916 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Guyana and Venezuela last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2016-12-21 Guyana voted "yes" and Venezuela voted "no" on A/RES/71/248 (International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).