South Sudan vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do South Sudan 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
24.0%
of 388 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24.0% | 387 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 11.1% | 81 |
| Nuclear weapons | 25.9% | 54 |
| Disarmament | 30.4% | 69 |
| Colonialism | 11.7% | 60 |
| Human rights | 21.6% | 116 |
| Economic development | 19.6% | 56 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | South Sudan | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
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/71/248 International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-21 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/203 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | no | yes |
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 |
A/RES/71/130 The Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-09 | no | yes |
R/70/185 | 2015-12-22 | yes | no |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | 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 |
Frequently asked questions
How often do South Sudan and United States vote together at the UN?
South Sudan and United States voted the same way in 24.0% of 388 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do South Sudan and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, South Sudan and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 21.6% of 116 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did South Sudan and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-11-01 South Sudan voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on 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).