Mauritania vs Saudi Arabia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Mauritania and Saudi Arabia 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
91.0%
of 4,721 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 77.0% | 317 |
| 1970 | 86.3% | 802 |
| 1980 | 94.3% | 1,340 |
| 1990 | 94.1% | 613 |
| 2000 | 91.9% | 791 |
| 2010 | 92.4% | 857 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.6% | 945 |
| Nuclear weapons | 94.4% | 734 |
| Disarmament | 91.2% | 908 |
| Colonialism | 94.9% | 752 |
| Human rights | 88.0% | 901 |
| Economic development | 93.7% | 618 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Mauritania | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|---|
R/64/176 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) | 2009-12-18 | no | yes |
R/60/171 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : | 2005-12-16 | yes | no |
R/55/115 HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAQ | 2000-12-03 | no | yes |
R/49/75K NUCLEAR WEAPONS, LEGALITY | 1994-12-05 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/169 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | 2019-12-18 | no | yes |
R/73/225 Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-20 | yes | no |
R/73/182 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-17 | no | yes |
R/60/230 nan | 2005-12-23 | yes | no |
R/60/231 nan | 2005-12-23 | yes | no |
R/60/231 nan | 2005-12-23 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Mauritania and Saudi Arabia vote together at the UN?
Mauritania and Saudi Arabia voted the same way in 91.0% of 4,721 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Mauritania and Saudi Arabia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Mauritania and Saudi Arabia largely agree: they voted the same way in 88.0% of 901 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Mauritania and Saudi Arabia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2019-12-18 Mauritania voted "no" and Saudi Arabia voted "yes" on A/RES/74/169 (Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic ).