Netherlands vs Norway: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Netherlands and Norway 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
85.3%
of 6,153 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 72.8% | 246 |
| 1950 | 68.7% | 409 |
| 1960 | 78.5% | 503 |
| 1970 | 81.5% | 984 |
| 1980 | 80.7% | 1,392 |
| 1990 | 90.8% | 774 |
| 2000 | 97.0% | 927 |
| 2010 | 94.1% | 917 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 95.6% | 1,051 |
| Nuclear weapons | 82.9% | 852 |
| Disarmament | 87.1% | 1,087 |
| Colonialism | 84.0% | 954 |
| Human rights | 90.4% | 1,013 |
| Economic development | 82.8% | 762 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Netherlands | Norway |
|---|---|---|---|
R/63/242 RACIAL DISCRIMINATION | 2008-12-24 | no | yes |
R/44/117D FREEZE, NUCLEAR WEAPONS | 1989-12-06 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/267 Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions | 2020-01-14 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/251 Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | no | yes |
R/44/27E SOUTH AFRICA, FINANCIAL PRESSURE | 1989-11-04 | no | yes |
R/43/76B FREEZE, NUCLEAR WEAPONS | 1988-12-04 | no | yes |
R/42/39B FREEZE, NUCLEAR WEAPONS | 1987-11-02 | no | yes |
R/42/39H FREEZE, NUCLEAR WEAPONS | 1987-11-02 | no | yes |
R/41/86B NUCLEAR NON-USE | 1986-12-05 | yes | no |
R/41/209I GENERAL SERVICE, JOBS | 1986-12-05 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Netherlands and Norway vote together at the UN?
Netherlands and Norway voted the same way in 85.3% of 6,153 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Netherlands and Norway agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Netherlands and Norway largely agree: they voted the same way in 90.4% of 1,013 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Netherlands and Norway last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2020-01-14 Netherlands voted "no" and Norway voted "yes" on A/RES/74/267 (Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions).