Rwanda vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Rwanda 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
23.6%
of 3,953 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 44.9% | 276 |
| 1970 | 36.6% | 906 |
| 1980 | 14.6% | 1,347 |
| 1990 | 22.6% | 358 |
| 2000 | 14.7% | 510 |
| 2010 | 22.2% | 555 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 13.9% | 613 |
| Nuclear weapons | 20.8% | 612 |
| Disarmament | 25.3% | 787 |
| Colonialism | 9.2% | 545 |
| Human rights | 16.8% | 721 |
| Economic development | 23.4% | 580 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Rwanda | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | 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/70/185 | 2015-12-22 | yes | no |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | yes | no |
R/69/227 | 2014-12-19 | yes | no |
R/69/5 | 2014-10-28 | yes | no |
R/68/144 UN. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--REPORTS | 2013-12-18 | yes | no |
R/68/8 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2013-10-29 | yes | no |
R/67/4 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2012-11-13 | yes | no |
R/66/6 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2011-10-25 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Rwanda and United States vote together at the UN?
Rwanda and United States voted the same way in 23.6% of 3,953 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Rwanda and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Rwanda and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 16.8% of 721 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Rwanda and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Rwanda voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).