Iraq vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Iraq 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
20.7%
of 5,105 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 39.7% | 229 |
| 1950 | 51.6% | 405 |
| 1960 | 21.6% | 495 |
| 1970 | 28.1% | 876 |
| 1980 | 9.3% | 1,350 |
| 1990 | 11.5% | 331 |
| 2000 | 9.2% | 512 |
| 2010 | 21.5% | 906 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 6.8% | 826 |
| Nuclear weapons | 20.4% | 706 |
| Disarmament | 21.1% | 882 |
| Colonialism | 14.1% | 816 |
| Human rights | 15.7% | 802 |
| Economic development | 19.2% | 663 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Iraq | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/189 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/84 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-07 | 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/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : 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/72/11 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Iraq and United States vote together at the UN?
Iraq and United States voted the same way in 20.7% of 5,105 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Iraq and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Iraq and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 15.7% of 802 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Iraq and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Iraq voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).