Pakistan vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Pakistan 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
24.8%
of 5,991 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 44.6% | 186 |
| 1950 | 59.5% | 405 |
| 1960 | 38.7% | 496 |
| 1970 | 33.6% | 928 |
| 1980 | 15.2% | 1,381 |
| 1990 | 18.9% | 776 |
| 2000 | 14.8% | 913 |
| 2010 | 18.5% | 905 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 8.9% | 1,049 |
| Nuclear weapons | 19.7% | 844 |
| Disarmament | 25.0% | 1,074 |
| Colonialism | 12.7% | 921 |
| Human rights | 13.8% | 997 |
| Economic development | 24.5% | 734 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Pakistan | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/189 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/84 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-07 | 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/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : 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/72/11 Division for Palestinian Rights 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 |
A/RES/71/204 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Pakistan and United States vote together at the UN?
Pakistan and United States voted the same way in 24.8% of 5,991 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Pakistan and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Pakistan and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 13.8% of 997 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Pakistan and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Pakistan voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).