Uruguay vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Uruguay 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
33.6%
of 5,974 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 69.3% | 244 |
| 1950 | 68.9% | 402 |
| 1960 | 62.9% | 464 |
| 1970 | 44.8% | 919 |
| 1980 | 15.7% | 1,353 |
| 1990 | 26.9% | 757 |
| 2000 | 20.3% | 923 |
| 2010 | 27.7% | 911 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 15.3% | 1,032 |
| Nuclear weapons | 23.7% | 837 |
| Disarmament | 29.3% | 1,079 |
| Colonialism | 21.7% | 919 |
| Human rights | 25.9% | 992 |
| Economic development | 28.3% | 734 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Uruguay | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | 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 |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Uruguay and United States vote together at the UN?
Uruguay and United States voted the same way in 33.6% of 5,974 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Uruguay and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Uruguay and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 25.9% of 992 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Uruguay and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Uruguay voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).