Israel vs Syria: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Israel and Syria 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
22.8%
of 5,238 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 47.7% | 86 |
| 1950 | 38.1% | 315 |
| 1960 | 42.2% | 372 |
| 1970 | 41.8% | 819 |
| 1980 | 19.4% | 1,213 |
| 1990 | 15.9% | 710 |
| 2000 | 11.4% | 868 |
| 2010 | 10.2% | 854 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 0.6% | 1,020 |
| Nuclear weapons | 16.7% | 760 |
| Disarmament | 28.2% | 1,001 |
| Colonialism | 16.5% | 832 |
| Human rights | 11.8% | 952 |
| Economic development | 30.5% | 662 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Israel | Syria |
|---|---|---|---|
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/72/215 Agricultural technology for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-20 | yes | no |
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/72/84 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/72/43 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/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Israel and Syria vote together at the UN?
Israel and Syria voted the same way in 22.8% of 5,238 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Israel and Syria agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Israel and Syria mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 11.8% of 952 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Israel and Syria last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Israel voted "yes" and Syria voted "no" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).