Ireland vs Netherlands: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Ireland and Netherlands 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
82.4%
of 5,676 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 55.3% | 188 |
| 1960 | 74.2% | 500 |
| 1970 | 84.2% | 979 |
| 1980 | 72.8% | 1,391 |
| 1990 | 87.0% | 779 |
| 2000 | 93.5% | 932 |
| 2010 | 89.8% | 906 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 95.8% | 1,022 |
| Nuclear weapons | 65.8% | 838 |
| Disarmament | 72.7% | 1,063 |
| Colonialism | 76.5% | 855 |
| Human rights | 89.6% | 980 |
| Economic development | 84.6% | 726 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Ireland | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
R/51/45M NUCLEAR WEAPONS, LEGALITY | 1996-12-03 | yes | no |
R/44/117D FREEZE, NUCLEAR WEAPONS | 1989-12-06 | yes | no |
A/RES/74/47 Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world | 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/74/46 Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world | 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/73/166 The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-17 | yes | no |
R/73/48 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-05 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Ireland and Netherlands vote together at the UN?
Ireland and Netherlands voted the same way in 82.4% of 5,676 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Ireland and Netherlands agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Ireland and Netherlands largely agree: they voted the same way in 89.6% of 980 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Ireland and Netherlands last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2019-12-12 Ireland voted "yes" and Netherlands voted "no" on A/RES/74/47 (Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world ).