Ireland vs South Korea: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Ireland and South 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
83.2%
of 2,490 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 78.1% | 686 |
| 2000 | 86.8% | 919 |
| 2010 | 83.3% | 884 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 92.0% | 539 |
| Nuclear weapons | 67.4% | 438 |
| Disarmament | 74.3% | 575 |
| Colonialism | 90.1% | 353 |
| Human rights | 85.2% | 575 |
| Economic development | 81.6% | 250 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Ireland | South Korea |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
R/46/82A MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS | 1991-12-02 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/47 Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world | 2019-12-12 | yes | no |
A/RES/74/42 Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons | 2019-12-12 | yes | no |
A/RES/74/59 Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons | 2019-12-12 | yes | no |
A/RES/74/41 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons | 2019-12-12 | yes | no |
A/RES/74/54 Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament | 2019-12-12 | yes | no |
R/73/47 Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | yes | no |
R/73/48 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | yes | no |
R/73/40 Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Ireland and South Korea vote together at the UN?
Ireland and South Korea voted the same way in 83.2% of 2,490 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Ireland and South Korea agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Ireland and South Korea largely agree: they voted the same way in 85.2% of 575 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Ireland and South Korea last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2019-12-12 Ireland voted "yes" and South Korea voted "no" on A/RES/74/47 (Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world ).