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Russia vs United States: UN Voting Alignment

How often do Russia 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

21.9%

of 6,119 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946

Agreement by year

0%25%50%75%100%19461960198020002024
Russia–United States UN General Assembly voting agreement, 19462024. Latest: 0% agreement in 2024.

Agreement by topic

RussiaUnited States UN voting agreement by topic
TopicAgreementShared votes
Israel–Palestine8.6%1,052
Nuclear weapons35.8%848
Disarmament32.5%1,087
Colonialism12.9%951
Human rights11.9%1,002
Economic development17.8%757

Frequently asked questions

How often do Russia and United States vote together at the UN?

Russia and United States voted the same way in 21.9% of 6,119 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.

Do Russia and United States agree on human rights votes?

On human rights resolutions, Russia and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 11.9% of 1,002 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.

Data source: Erik Voeten et al., 'United Nations General Assembly Voting Data', Harvard Dataverse.