Portugal vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Portugal 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
45.3%
of 5,550 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 63.1% | 187 |
| 1960 | 56.2% | 409 |
| 1970 | 52.3% | 948 |
| 1980 | 39.9% | 1,386 |
| 1990 | 43.2% | 777 |
| 2000 | 37.0% | 927 |
| 2010 | 47.9% | 915 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 13.7% | 1,012 |
| Nuclear weapons | 56.1% | 843 |
| Disarmament | 56.4% | 1,073 |
| Colonialism | 31.7% | 826 |
| Human rights | 43.1% | 960 |
| Economic development | 41.9% | 709 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Portugal | 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 Portugal and United States vote together at the UN?
Portugal and United States voted the same way in 45.3% of 5,550 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Portugal and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Portugal and United States are split: they voted the same way in 43.1% of 960 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Portugal and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Portugal voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).