Nigeria vs Russia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Nigeria 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
69.4%
of 5,306 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 57.5% | 482 |
| 1970 | 66.8% | 946 |
| 1980 | 83.2% | 1,355 |
| 1990 | 60.7% | 754 |
| 2000 | 70.8% | 904 |
| 2010 | 63.5% | 864 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 81.7% | 962 |
| Nuclear weapons | 54.8% | 820 |
| Disarmament | 60.8% | 1,048 |
| Colonialism | 80.5% | 793 |
| Human rights | 70.9% | 932 |
| Economic development | 65.6% | 684 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Nigeria | Russia |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | 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/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | 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/64/238 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, MYANMAR | 2009-12-24 | yes | no |
R/63/168 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2008-12-18 | no | yes |
R/62/222 HUMAN RIGHTS, MYANMAR, REPORTS | 2007-12-22 | yes | no |
R/61/232 Situation on Human Rights in Myanmar: resolution | 2006-12-22 | yes | no |
R/60/72 Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at th | 2005-12-08 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Nigeria and Russia vote together at the UN?
Nigeria and Russia voted the same way in 69.4% of 5,306 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Nigeria and Russia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Nigeria and Russia largely agree: they voted the same way in 70.9% of 932 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Nigeria and Russia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Nigeria voted "yes" and Russia voted "no" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).