Kazakhstan vs Russia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Kazakhstan 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
73.1%
of 2,367 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 70.4% | 588 |
| 2000 | 80.4% | 881 |
| 2010 | 67.8% | 897 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 78.9% | 497 |
| Nuclear weapons | 45.9% | 436 |
| Disarmament | 58.9% | 570 |
| Colonialism | 81.4% | 323 |
| Human rights | 71.6% | 560 |
| Economic development | 77.1% | 231 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Kazakhstan | Russia |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | 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/72/50 United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | 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/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/69 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 | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/172 | 2015-12-17 | yes | no |
R/69/188 | 2014-12-18 | yes | no |
R/68/144 UN. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--REPORTS | 2013-12-18 | no | yes |
R/67/183 HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS | 2012-12-20 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Kazakhstan and Russia vote together at the UN?
Kazakhstan and Russia voted the same way in 73.1% of 2,367 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Kazakhstan and Russia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Kazakhstan and Russia largely agree: they voted the same way in 71.6% of 560 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Kazakhstan and Russia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Kazakhstan voted "yes" and Russia voted "no" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).