Kenya vs South Sudan: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Kenya and South Sudan 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
59.7%
of 362 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 59.6% | 361 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 11.8% | 68 |
| Nuclear weapons | 72.2% | 54 |
| Disarmament | 68.2% | 66 |
| Colonialism | 59.6% | 57 |
| Human rights | 51.4% | 111 |
| Economic development | 88.5% | 52 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Kenya | South Sudan |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
R/73/123 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-07 | yes | no |
R/71/307 nan | 2017-06-30 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/94 Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-06 | yes | no |
R/67/201 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | 2012-12-21 | yes | no |
R/66/1A CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE--REPORTS | 2011-09-16 | no | yes |
R/66/1 nan | 2011-09-16 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Kenya and South Sudan vote together at the UN?
Kenya and South Sudan voted the same way in 59.7% of 362 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Kenya and South Sudan agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Kenya and South Sudan are split: they voted the same way in 51.4% of 111 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Kenya and South Sudan last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2018-12-07 Kenya voted "yes" and South Sudan voted "no" on R/73/123 (Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).