Ireland vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Ireland and United States 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
42.7%
of 5,659 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 66.0% | 188 |
| 1960 | 71.1% | 499 |
| 1970 | 56.0% | 969 |
| 1980 | 27.3% | 1,387 |
| 1990 | 38.7% | 776 |
| 2000 | 34.5% | 932 |
| 2010 | 43.4% | 907 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 17.5% | 1,021 |
| Nuclear weapons | 37.0% | 835 |
| Disarmament | 39.5% | 1,063 |
| Colonialism | 24.5% | 853 |
| Human rights | 43.9% | 974 |
| Economic development | 41.4% | 722 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Ireland | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
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 United States vote together at the UN?
Ireland and United States voted the same way in 42.7% of 5,659 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Ireland and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Ireland and United States are split: they voted the same way in 43.9% of 974 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Ireland and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Ireland voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).