Timor-Leste vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Timor-Leste 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
24.4%
of 1,383 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.8% | 572 |
| 2010 | 27.0% | 810 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 0.9% | 229 |
| Nuclear weapons | 16.8% | 250 |
| Disarmament | 26.6% | 316 |
| Colonialism | 3.6% | 192 |
| Human rights | 21.3% | 357 |
| Economic development | 16.8% | 167 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Timor-Leste | 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 |
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 |
A/RES/71/20 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | yes | no |
R/70/185 | 2015-12-22 | yes | no |
R/70/12 | 2015-11-24 | 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 |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Timor-Leste and United States vote together at the UN?
Timor-Leste and United States voted the same way in 24.4% of 1,383 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Timor-Leste and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Timor-Leste and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 21.3% of 357 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Timor-Leste and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Timor-Leste voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).