Seychelles vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Seychelles 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
15.0%
of 2,092 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 9.8% | 51 |
| 1980 | 7.7% | 946 |
| 1990 | 20.4% | 338 |
| 2000 | 14.3% | 230 |
| 2010 | 25.2% | 527 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 6.2% | 464 |
| Nuclear weapons | 13.0% | 408 |
| Disarmament | 21.2% | 532 |
| Colonialism | 5.3% | 284 |
| Human rights | 12.1% | 365 |
| Economic development | 11.9% | 244 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Seychelles | 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/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : 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/72/11 Division for Palestinian Rights 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 |
A/RES/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Seychelles and United States vote together at the UN?
Seychelles and United States voted the same way in 15.0% of 2,092 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Seychelles and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Seychelles and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 12.1% of 365 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Seychelles and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Seychelles voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).