Philippines vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Philippines 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
30.1%
of 6,062 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 56.8% | 243 |
| 1950 | 68.2% | 403 |
| 1960 | 57.3% | 496 |
| 1970 | 39.2% | 955 |
| 1980 | 15.5% | 1,357 |
| 1990 | 21.0% | 773 |
| 2000 | 16.5% | 920 |
| 2010 | 25.3% | 914 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 11.0% | 1,045 |
| Nuclear weapons | 23.0% | 840 |
| Disarmament | 28.2% | 1,070 |
| Colonialism | 17.1% | 949 |
| Human rights | 16.6% | 1,003 |
| Economic development | 27.3% | 750 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Philippines | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | 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/71/205 Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Philippines and United States vote together at the UN?
Philippines and United States voted the same way in 30.1% of 6,062 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Philippines and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Philippines and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 16.6% of 1,003 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Philippines and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Philippines voted "no" and United States voted "yes" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).