North Korea vs Sudan: UN Voting Alignment
How often do North Korea and Sudan 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
86.3%
of 2,053 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 90.7% | 535 |
| 2000 | 91.8% | 728 |
| 2010 | 78.2% | 789 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.6% | 509 |
| Nuclear weapons | 68.6% | 360 |
| Disarmament | 76.0% | 459 |
| Colonialism | 94.4% | 342 |
| Human rights | 91.4% | 526 |
| Economic development | 93.5% | 214 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | North Korea | Sudan |
|---|---|---|---|
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 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/50 United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/32 Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/86 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
R/70/73 | 2015-12-07 | no | yes |
R/69/52 | 2014-12-02 | no | yes |
R/69/81 | 2014-12-02 | no | yes |
R/68/51 NUCLEAR WEAPONS--ELIMINATION | 2013-12-05 | no | yes |
R/67/183 HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS | 2012-12-20 | no | yes |
R/66/136 UN. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--REPORTS | 2011-12-19 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do North Korea and Sudan vote together at the UN?
North Korea and Sudan voted the same way in 86.3% of 2,053 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do North Korea and Sudan agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, North Korea and Sudan largely agree: they voted the same way in 91.4% of 526 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did North Korea and Sudan last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 North Korea voted "no" and Sudan voted "yes" on 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).