Myanmar (Burma) vs Somalia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Myanmar (Burma) and Somalia 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
86.8%
of 3,633 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 72.2% | 436 |
| 1970 | 85.7% | 832 |
| 1980 | 89.3% | 1,267 |
| 1990 | 95.1% | 144 |
| 2000 | 92.1% | 482 |
| 2010 | 87.7% | 471 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 86.4% | 624 |
| Nuclear weapons | 82.3% | 491 |
| Disarmament | 84.6% | 605 |
| Colonialism | 89.9% | 542 |
| Human rights | 86.6% | 658 |
| Economic development | 91.9% | 532 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Myanmar (Burma) | Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
R/69/188 | 2014-12-18 | no | yes |
R/65/206 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2010-12-21 | no | yes |
R/64/197 AGENDA 21, PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION | 2009-12-21 | yes | no |
R/64/175 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 2009-12-18 | no | yes |
R/63/168 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2008-12-18 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/132 Report of the Human Rights Council | 2019-12-18 | no | yes |
R/73/264 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-22 | no | yes |
R/73/152 Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-17 | no | yes |
R/72/50 nan | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Myanmar (Burma) and Somalia vote together at the UN?
Myanmar (Burma) and Somalia voted the same way in 86.8% of 3,633 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Myanmar (Burma) and Somalia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Myanmar (Burma) and Somalia largely agree: they voted the same way in 86.6% of 658 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Myanmar (Burma) and Somalia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2019-12-18 Myanmar (Burma) voted "no" and Somalia voted "yes" on A/RES/74/132 (Report of the Human Rights Council ).