Iraq vs South Africa: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Iraq and South Africa 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
60.6%
of 2,634 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 33.5% | 218 |
| 1950 | 33.9% | 298 |
| 1960 | 16.8% | 422 |
| 1970 | 26.4% | 235 |
| 1990 | 88.1% | 59 |
| 2000 | 87.3% | 511 |
| 2010 | 88.7% | 890 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 84.3% | 332 |
| Nuclear weapons | 81.3% | 358 |
| Disarmament | 78.1% | 439 |
| Colonialism | 50.3% | 437 |
| Human rights | 73.2% | 437 |
| Economic development | 66.8% | 298 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Iraq | South Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
R/65/206 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2010-12-21 | no | yes |
R/63/168 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2008-12-18 | no | yes |
R/49/198 HUMAN RIGHTS, SUDAN | 1994-12-06 | no | yes |
R/49/203 HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAQ | 1994-12-06 | no | yes |
R/73/175 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-17 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/246 Effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/102 Question of Guam : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-07 | no | yes |
R/72/50 nan | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
R/72/50 nan | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
R/72/50 nan | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Iraq and South Africa vote together at the UN?
Iraq and South Africa voted the same way in 60.6% of 2,634 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Iraq and South Africa agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Iraq and South Africa largely agree: they voted the same way in 73.2% of 437 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Iraq and South Africa last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2018-12-17 Iraq voted "no" and South Africa voted "yes" on R/73/175 (Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).