Russia vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Russia 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
21.9%
of 6,119 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 16.9% | 248 |
| 1950 | 22.3% | 408 |
| 1960 | 19.5% | 503 |
| 1970 | 26.2% | 972 |
| 1980 | 10.7% | 1,380 |
| 1990 | 33.3% | 774 |
| 2000 | 21.8% | 923 |
| 2010 | 27.5% | 910 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 8.6% | 1,052 |
| Nuclear weapons | 35.8% | 848 |
| Disarmament | 32.5% | 1,087 |
| Colonialism | 12.9% | 951 |
| Human rights | 11.9% | 1,002 |
| Economic development | 17.8% | 757 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Russia | 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/72/191 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/72/43 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 |
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/72/4 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 |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Russia and United States vote together at the UN?
Russia and United States voted the same way in 21.9% of 6,119 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Russia and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Russia and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 11.9% of 1,002 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Russia and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Russia voted "no" and United States voted "yes" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).