Norway vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Norway 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
47.5%
of 6,135 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 79.0% | 248 |
| 1950 | 68.9% | 409 |
| 1960 | 71.6% | 503 |
| 1970 | 53.9% | 974 |
| 1980 | 33.6% | 1,386 |
| 1990 | 41.8% | 770 |
| 2000 | 36.8% | 926 |
| 2010 | 46.1% | 918 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 21.5% | 1,048 |
| Nuclear weapons | 48.9% | 847 |
| Disarmament | 50.3% | 1,085 |
| Colonialism | 36.9% | 953 |
| Human rights | 47.3% | 1,007 |
| Economic development | 41.6% | 759 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Norway | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | 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/72/12 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : 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 |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | yes | no |
R/69/5 | 2014-10-28 | yes | no |
R/68/8 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2013-10-29 | yes | no |
R/67/19 PALESTINE QUESTION | 2012-11-29 | yes | no |
R/67/4 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2012-11-13 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Norway and United States vote together at the UN?
Norway and United States voted the same way in 47.5% of 6,135 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Norway and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Norway and United States are split: they voted the same way in 47.3% of 1,007 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Norway and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Norway voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).