Israel vs Russia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Israel 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
27.7%
of 5,644 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 22.1% | 86 |
| 1950 | 30.7% | 397 |
| 1960 | 34.8% | 485 |
| 1970 | 29.3% | 868 |
| 1980 | 18.1% | 1,258 |
| 1990 | 37.1% | 765 |
| 2000 | 29.2% | 896 |
| 2010 | 25.1% | 888 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 1.5% | 1,022 |
| Nuclear weapons | 37.3% | 829 |
| Disarmament | 38.9% | 1,068 |
| Colonialism | 21.8% | 877 |
| Human rights | 16.8% | 975 |
| Economic development | 22.9% | 693 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Israel | Russia |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | yes | no |
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/189 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | 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/72/15 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/72/12 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/72/4 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/71/203 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Israel and Russia vote together at the UN?
Israel and Russia voted the same way in 27.7% of 5,644 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Israel and Russia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Israel and Russia mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 16.8% of 975 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Israel and Russia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Israel voted "yes" and Russia voted "no" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).