Iran vs North Korea: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Iran and North 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
90.1%
of 2,009 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 93.8% | 535 |
| 2000 | 93.9% | 709 |
| 2010 | 84.0% | 764 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.6% | 503 |
| Nuclear weapons | 71.7% | 360 |
| Disarmament | 84.3% | 458 |
| Colonialism | 95.6% | 342 |
| Human rights | 94.2% | 520 |
| Economic development | 94.3% | 209 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Iran | North Korea |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/71/86 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/73 | 2015-12-07 | yes | no |
R/69/81 | 2014-12-02 | yes | no |
R/64/69 NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS, TREATY | 2009-12-02 | yes | no |
R/57/9 IAEA REPORT | 2002-11-03 | yes | no |
R/54/26 IAEA REPORT | 1999-11-02 | yes | no |
R/53/21 IAEA REPORT | 1998-11-02 | yes | no |
R/52/11 IAEA REPORT | 1997-11-04 | yes | no |
R/50/9 IAEA, REPORT | 1995-11-04 | yes | no |
R/48/58 MIDDLE EAST, PEACE PROCESS | 1993-12-03 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Iran and North Korea vote together at the UN?
Iran and North Korea voted the same way in 90.1% of 2,009 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Iran and North Korea agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Iran and North Korea largely agree: they voted the same way in 94.2% of 520 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Iran and North Korea last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2016-12-05 Iran voted "yes" and North Korea voted "no" on A/RES/71/86 (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).