Sri Lanka vs North Korea: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Sri Lanka and North Korea 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
82.6%
of 2,093 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 88.9% | 560 |
| 2000 | 88.0% | 739 |
| 2010 | 73.1% | 793 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.8% | 516 |
| Nuclear weapons | 67.4% | 365 |
| Disarmament | 75.1% | 466 |
| Colonialism | 93.3% | 345 |
| Human rights | 86.2% | 535 |
| Economic development | 88.1% | 218 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Sri Lanka | North Korea |
|---|---|---|---|
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/72/43 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/72/32 Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/203 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/130 The Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-09 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/86 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/234 | 2015-12-23 | yes | no |
R/70/172 | 2015-12-17 | yes | no |
R/70/73 | 2015-12-07 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Sri Lanka and North Korea vote together at the UN?
Sri Lanka and North Korea voted the same way in 82.6% of 2,093 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Sri Lanka and North Korea agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Sri Lanka and North Korea largely agree: they voted the same way in 86.2% of 535 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Sri Lanka and North Korea last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-19 Sri Lanka voted "yes" and North Korea voted "no" on A/RES/72/191 (Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).