Sri Lanka vs Russia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Sri Lanka 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
69.7%
of 5,542 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 55.4% | 193 |
| 1960 | 62.4% | 484 |
| 1970 | 67.6% | 905 |
| 1980 | 80.7% | 1,369 |
| 1990 | 58.7% | 772 |
| 2000 | 74.0% | 920 |
| 2010 | 66.9% | 898 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 82.0% | 1,003 |
| Nuclear weapons | 54.0% | 843 |
| Disarmament | 60.1% | 1,066 |
| Colonialism | 78.5% | 837 |
| Human rights | 72.9% | 958 |
| Economic development | 65.1% | 705 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Sri Lanka | Russia |
|---|---|---|---|
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/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : 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/71/63 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/70/234 | 2015-12-23 | yes | no |
R/70/172 | 2015-12-17 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Sri Lanka and Russia vote together at the UN?
Sri Lanka and Russia voted the same way in 69.7% of 5,542 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Sri Lanka and Russia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Sri Lanka and Russia largely agree: they voted the same way in 72.9% of 958 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Sri Lanka and Russia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-19 Sri Lanka voted "yes" and Russia voted "no" on A/RES/72/191 (Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).