Jordan vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Jordan 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
21.8%
of 5,495 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 43.9% | 171 |
| 1960 | 31.1% | 479 |
| 1970 | 36.3% | 928 |
| 1980 | 13.1% | 1,355 |
| 1990 | 19.7% | 737 |
| 2000 | 11.0% | 912 |
| 2010 | 23.4% | 912 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 8.0% | 1,015 |
| Nuclear weapons | 21.4% | 837 |
| Disarmament | 23.9% | 1,061 |
| Colonialism | 9.7% | 821 |
| Human rights | 14.6% | 954 |
| Economic development | 21.9% | 703 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Jordan | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | 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 | yes | no |
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/71/95 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 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Jordan and United States vote together at the UN?
Jordan and United States voted the same way in 21.8% of 5,495 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Jordan and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Jordan and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 14.6% of 954 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Jordan and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Jordan voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).