Jamaica vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Jamaica 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
24.0%
of 5,139 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 45.3% | 309 |
| 1970 | 35.1% | 938 |
| 1980 | 13.9% | 1,313 |
| 1990 | 23.5% | 767 |
| 2000 | 16.7% | 902 |
| 2010 | 27.3% | 909 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 9.8% | 965 |
| Nuclear weapons | 22.1% | 798 |
| Disarmament | 26.6% | 1,016 |
| Colonialism | 8.5% | 785 |
| Human rights | 17.4% | 939 |
| Economic development | 23.3% | 673 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Jamaica | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/20 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Jamaica and United States vote together at the UN?
Jamaica and United States voted the same way in 24.0% of 5,139 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Jamaica and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Jamaica and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 17.4% of 939 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Jamaica and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Jamaica voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).