Ireland vs Israel: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Ireland and Israel 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
49.6%
of 5,353 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 58.2% | 184 |
| 1960 | 70.3% | 481 |
| 1970 | 62.4% | 864 |
| 1980 | 47.4% | 1,265 |
| 1990 | 46.0% | 771 |
| 2000 | 41.3% | 903 |
| 2010 | 38.6% | 884 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 10.1% | 1,011 |
| Nuclear weapons | 40.9% | 821 |
| Disarmament | 51.5% | 1,053 |
| Colonialism | 34.5% | 820 |
| Human rights | 49.6% | 959 |
| Economic development | 55.5% | 678 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Ireland | Israel |
|---|---|---|---|
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/72/12 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/72/4 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 |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | yes | no |
R/69/5 | 2014-10-28 | yes | no |
R/68/8 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2013-10-29 | yes | no |
R/67/19 PALESTINE QUESTION | 2012-11-29 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Ireland and Israel vote together at the UN?
Ireland and Israel voted the same way in 49.6% of 5,353 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Ireland and Israel agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Ireland and Israel are split: they voted the same way in 49.6% of 959 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Ireland and Israel last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Ireland voted "yes" and Israel voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).