Mexico vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Mexico 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
29.2%
of 6,107 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 57.9% | 233 |
| 1950 | 58.4% | 409 |
| 1960 | 52.3% | 499 |
| 1970 | 36.8% | 956 |
| 1980 | 13.2% | 1,384 |
| 1990 | 21.0% | 777 |
| 2000 | 20.3% | 927 |
| 2010 | 28.7% | 921 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 10.8% | 1,051 |
| Nuclear weapons | 23.3% | 848 |
| Disarmament | 25.0% | 1,087 |
| Colonialism | 14.1% | 947 |
| Human rights | 22.8% | 1,000 |
| Economic development | 25.1% | 752 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Mexico | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
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/72/4 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/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/20 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | yes | no |
R/70/185 | 2015-12-22 | yes | no |
R/70/12 | 2015-11-24 | yes | no |
R/70/13 | 2015-11-24 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Mexico and United States vote together at the UN?
Mexico and United States voted the same way in 29.2% of 6,107 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Mexico and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Mexico and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 22.8% of 1,000 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Mexico and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Mexico voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).