Iraq vs Russia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Iraq and Russia 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
70.0%
of 5,102 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 34.6% | 228 |
| 1950 | 57.2% | 404 |
| 1960 | 73.0% | 497 |
| 1970 | 72.7% | 885 |
| 1980 | 84.4% | 1,351 |
| 1990 | 56.4% | 330 |
| 2000 | 67.8% | 509 |
| 2010 | 64.9% | 897 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 84.3% | 824 |
| Nuclear weapons | 58.0% | 707 |
| Disarmament | 61.0% | 882 |
| Colonialism | 82.2% | 816 |
| Human rights | 76.4% | 804 |
| Economic development | 63.7% | 667 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Iraq | Russia |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/43 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/50 United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | 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/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/69 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/172 | 2015-12-17 | yes | no |
R/69/188 | 2014-12-18 | yes | no |
R/68/182 HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS | 2013-12-18 | yes | no |
R/67/202 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | 2012-12-21 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Iraq and Russia vote together at the UN?
Iraq and Russia voted the same way in 70.0% of 5,102 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Iraq and Russia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Iraq and Russia largely agree: they voted the same way in 76.4% of 804 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Iraq and Russia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Iraq voted "yes" and Russia voted "no" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).