Israel vs Sri Lanka: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Israel and Sri Lanka 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
28.9%
of 5,255 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 44.4% | 189 |
| 1960 | 48.4% | 465 |
| 1970 | 48.1% | 797 |
| 1980 | 25.9% | 1,247 |
| 1990 | 20.6% | 771 |
| 2000 | 20.2% | 898 |
| 2010 | 18.5% | 887 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 2.4% | 995 |
| Nuclear weapons | 22.0% | 828 |
| Disarmament | 31.4% | 1,056 |
| Colonialism | 20.4% | 807 |
| Human rights | 15.5% | 942 |
| Economic development | 36.5% | 658 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Israel | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | 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 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
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 | no | yes |
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 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/11 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
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 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/95 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 | 2016-12-06 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Israel and Sri Lanka vote together at the UN?
Israel and Sri Lanka voted the same way in 28.9% of 5,255 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Israel and Sri Lanka agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Israel and Sri Lanka mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 15.5% of 942 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Israel and Sri Lanka last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Israel voted "no" and Sri Lanka voted "yes" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).