Syria vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Syria 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
16.2%
of 5,668 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 41.0% | 229 |
| 1950 | 36.3% | 322 |
| 1960 | 20.2% | 386 |
| 1970 | 28.1% | 921 |
| 1980 | 7.8% | 1,332 |
| 1990 | 13.4% | 710 |
| 2000 | 8.5% | 894 |
| 2010 | 10.7% | 873 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 6.4% | 1,050 |
| Nuclear weapons | 14.4% | 772 |
| Disarmament | 19.0% | 1,015 |
| Colonialism | 10.3% | 905 |
| Human rights | 9.7% | 978 |
| Economic development | 17.2% | 720 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Syria | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | no | yes |
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/215 Agricultural technology for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-20 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/189 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/84 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-07 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/43 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/50 United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
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 |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Syria and United States vote together at the UN?
Syria and United States voted the same way in 16.2% of 5,668 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Syria and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Syria and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 9.7% of 978 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Syria and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Syria voted "no" and United States voted "yes" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).