VOTING COINCIDENCE WITH THE UNITED STATES
This section contains a table of the Plenary votes that were recorded at the Fall session of the 66th UN General Assembly. In those 95 Plenary votes, the United States voted Yes 38 times (40 percent) and No 47 times (49.5 percent); it abstained on 10 votes (10.5 percent). It was not absent for any vote.
All General Assembly members voted during the session. Only Israel voted No in Plenary more often (51 times), but the United States voted No by itself only once – on Resolution 21: Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons: report of the Conference on Disarmament. (In 2010 the United States did not vote No in isolation on any resolution, after doing so once in 2009 and 16 times in 2008.)
The United States voted No with three other countries on two resolutions: with France, Israel, and the United Kingdom on Resolution 66/22; and with India, Israel, and Pakistan on a preliminary vote for Resolution 66/40.
The United States voted No with two other countries twice: with Israel and the United Kingdom on Resolutions 66/90 and 66/91.
The United States voted No with one other country three times: each time was with Israel, on Resolutions 66/6, 66/83, and 66/186.
On non-consensus issues, i.e., those on which a vote was taken, the average overall General Assembly voting coincidence of all UN members with the United States in 2010 was 51.5 percent. This was 9.9 percentage points above the 2010 figure of 41.6 percent. (In 2009 the voting coincidence rate was 39 percent; in 2008, the figure was 25.6 percent; in 2007 it was 18.3 percent.)
When consensus resolutions are factored in as votes identical to those of the United States, a much higher measure of agreement with U.S. positions is reached – 85.9 percent, up slightly from 85.4 percent in 2010 and 84.3 percent in 2009.
TABLES SHOWING COMPARISON WITH U.S. VOTES
The tables that follow are based on the 85 instances the United States voted either Yes or No in Plenary. Columns show the number of times the United States and the pertinent country cast identical (Yes/Yes or No/No) and opposite (Yes/No or No/Yes) votes, as well as the number of times a country abstained or was absent for these 85 votes. Voting coincidence percentages are derived by dividing the number of identical votes by the total of identical plus opposite votes, the same method used in all previous editions of this report. The column headed “Voting Coincidence (Including Consensus)” presents the percentage of voting coincidence with the United States after including consensus resolutions as additional identical votes. Extent of participation was also factored in (see Introduction: Format and Methodology).
All countries are listed alphabetically.
Key:
Votes Only = Coincidence percentage only for the 85 GA votes where the United States voted Yes or No.
Votes + Consensus = Coincidence Percentage for the 85 GA votes where the United States voted Yes or No plus a pro-rated portion of all consensus resolutions.
|
COUNTRY |
SAME |
OPPOSITE |
ABSTAIN |
ABSENT |
VOTES |
VOTES + |
|
Afghanistan |
36 |
45 |
1 |
3 |
44.4% |
82.8% |
|
Albania |
51 |
20 |
12 |
2 |
71.8% |
92.1% |
|
Algeria |
21 |
47 |
16 |
1 |
30.9% |
81.4% |
|
Andorra |
51 |
21 |
13 |
0 |
70.8% |
91.9% |
|
Angola |
30 |
38 |
5 |
12 |
44.1% |
83.5% |
|
Antigua-Barbuda |
33 |
43 |
9 |
0 |
43.4% |
83.6% |
|
Argentina |
38 |
40 |
7 |
0 |
48.7% |
84.8% |
|
Armenia |
35 |
31 |
15 |
4 |
53.0% |
87.3% |
|
Australia |
59 |
15 |
11 |
0 |
79.7% |
94.2% |
|
Austria |
50 |
22 |
13 |
0 |
69.4% |
91.5% |
|
Azerbaijan |
32 |
43 |
1 |
9 |
42.7% |
82.3% |
|
Bahamas |
38 |
42 |
3 |
2 |
47.5% |
84.0% |
|
Bahrain |
28 |
43 |
14 |
0 |
39.4% |
83.3% |
|
Bangladesh |
31 |
46 |
7 |
1 |
40.3% |
82.4% |
|
Barbados |
39 |
43 |
1 |
2 |
47.6% |
83.7% |
|
Belarus |
30 |
45 |
6 |
4 |
40.0% |
82.2% |
|
Belgium |
54 |
19 |
12 |
0 |
74.0% |
92.7% |
|
Belize |
39 |
43 |
0 |
3 |
47.6% |
83.6% |
|
Benin |
36 |
41 |
7 |
1 |
46.8% |
84.3% |
|
Bhutan |
26 |
40 |
13 |
6 |
39.4% |
83.4% |
|
Bolivia |
27 |
52 |
6 |
0 |
34.2% |
80.4% |
|
Bosnia/Herzegovina |
51 |
22 |
12 |
0 |
69.9% |
91.5% |
|
Botswana |
38 |
40 |
3 |
4 |
48.7% |
84.4% |
|
Brazil |
31 |
44 |
9 |
1 |
41.3% |
83.0% |
|
Brunei Darussalam |
32 |
45 |
6 |
2 |
41.6% |
82.6% |
|
Bulgaria |
53 |
20 |
11 |
1 |
72.6% |
92.2% |
|
Burkina Faso |
34 |
38 |
5 |
8 |
47.2% |
84.3% |
|
Burundi |
4 |
23 |
1 |
57 |
14.8% |
74.3% |
|
Cambodia |
28 |
45 |
2 |
10 |
38.4% |
81.2% |
|
Cameroon |
30 |
23 |
22 |
10 |
56.6% |
89.4% |
|
Canada |
74 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
91.4% |
97.4% |
|
Cape Verde |
34 |
41 |
0 |
10 |
45.3% |
83.0% |
|
Central African Rep. |
8 |
12 |
1 |
64 |
40.0% |
81.0% |
|
Chad |
34 |
41 |
5 |
5 |
45.3% |
83.6% |
|
Chile |
40 |
40 |
5 |
0 |
50.0% |
85.0% |
|
China |
29 |
44 |
10 |
2 |
39.7% |
82.8% |
|
Colombia |
41 |
38 |
6 |
0 |
51.9% |
85.7% |
|
Comoros |
25 |
37 |
13 |
10 |
40.3% |
83.5% |
|
Congo |
30 |
43 |
3 |
9 |
41.1% |
82.0% |
|
Costa Rica |
42 |
41 |
2 |
0 |
50.6% |
84.8% |
|
Côte d’Ivoire |
39 |
37 |
9 |
0 |
51.3% |
85.9% |
|
Croatia |
51 |
17 |
11 |
6 |
75.0% |
93.0% |
|
Cuba |
20 |
54 |
9 |
2 |
27.0% |
78.9% |
|
Cyprus |
51 |
24 |
10 |
0 |
68.0% |
90.8% |
|
Czech Republic |
52 |
20 |
13 |
0 |
72.2% |
92.2% |
|
DPR of Korea |
7 |
58 |
1 |
19 |
10.8% |
72.9% |
|
Dem. Rep. Congo |
0 |
13 |
3 |
69 |
0.0% |
71.9% |
|
Denmark |
54 |
20 |
11 |
0 |
73.0% |
92.3% |
|
Djibouti |
29 |
43 |
13 |
0 |
40.3% |
83.3% |
|
Dominica |
2 |
17 |
6 |
60 |
10.5% |
77.6% |
|
Dominican Republic |
36 |
43 |
6 |
0 |
45.6% |
83.8% |
|
Ecuador |
22 |
53 |
10 |
0 |
29.3% |
79.7% |
|
Egypt |
24 |
45 |
15 |
1 |
34.8% |
82.2% |
|
El Salvador |
36 |
40 |
8 |
1 |
47.4% |
84.6% |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
0 |
17 |
2 |
66 |
0.0% |
68.6% |
|
Eritrea |
27 |
35 |
0 |
23 |
43.5% |
82.2% |
|
Estonia |
53 |
20 |
12 |
0 |
72.6% |
92.3% |
|
Ethiopia |
37 |
41 |
7 |
0 |
47.4% |
84.5% |
|
Fiji |
37 |
38 |
10 |
0 |
49.3% |
85.4% |
|
Finland |
51 |
20 |
14 |
0 |
71.8% |
92.2% |
|
France |
55 |
16 |
14 |
0 |
77.5% |
93.8% |
|
Gabon |
33 |
22 |
4 |
26 |
60.0% |
87.7% |
|
Gambia |
4 |
17 |
3 |
61 |
19.0% |
75.7% |
|
Georgia |
41 |
11 |
12 |
21 |
78.8% |
94.2% |
|
Germany |
52 |
20 |
13 |
0 |
72.2% |
92.2% |
|
Ghana |
33 |
40 |
5 |
7 |
45.2% |
83.7% |
|
Greece |
52 |
20 |
12 |
1 |
72.2% |
92.2% |
|
Grenada |
32 |
41 |
5 |
7 |
43.8% |
83.0% |
|
Guatemala |
37 |
40 |
8 |
0 |
48.1% |
84.8% |
|
Guinea |
31 |
43 |
6 |
5 |
41.9% |
82.8% |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
31 |
43 |
2 |
9 |
41.9% |
82.1% |
|
Guyana |
31 |
43 |
6 |
5 |
41.9% |
82.8% |
|
Haiti |
37 |
39 |
3 |
6 |
48.7% |
84.4% |
|
Honduras |
42 |
38 |
4 |
1 |
52.5% |
85.6% |
|
Hungary |
53 |
21 |
11 |
0 |
71.6% |
91.9% |
|
Iceland |
51 |
21 |
12 |
1 |
70.8% |
91.8% |
|
India |
22 |
43 |
20 |
0 |
33.8% |
82.9% |
|
Indonesia |
28 |
44 |
13 |
0 |
38.9% |
82.9% |
|
Iran |
14 |
53 |
12 |
6 |
20.9% |
77.7% |
|
Iraq |
28 |
43 |
9 |
5 |
39.4% |
82.6% |
|
Ireland |
51 |
22 |
12 |
0 |
69.9% |
91.5% |
|
Israel |
64 |
5 |
13 |
3 |
92.8% |
98.0% |
|
Italy |
53 |
20 |
12 |
0 |
72.6% |
92.3% |
|
Jamaica |
36 |
44 |
4 |
1 |
45.0% |
83.3% |
|
Japan |
51 |
21 |
13 |
0 |
70.8% |
91.9% |
|
Jordan |
27 |
43 |
15 |
0 |
38.6% |
83.1% |
|
Kazakhstan |
38 |
44 |
3 |
0 |
46.3% |
83.6% |
|
Kenya |
31 |
45 |
8 |
1 |
40.8% |
82.7% |
|
Kiribati |
3 |
1 |
0 |
81 |
75.0% |
91.5% |
|
Kuwait |
23 |
43 |
18 |
1 |
34.8% |
82.8% |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
34 |
40 |
7 |
4 |
45.9% |
84.1% |
|
Laos |
21 |
45 |
3 |
16 |
31.8% |
79.6% |
|
Latvia |
53 |
20 |
12 |
0 |
72.6% |
92.3% |
|
Lebanon |
25 |
45 |
14 |
1 |
35.7% |
82.3% |
|
Lesotho |
29 |
45 |
4 |
7 |
39.2% |
81.6% |
|
Liberia |
39 |
43 |
0 |
3 |
47.6% |
83.5% |
|
Libya |
23 |
42 |
11 |
9 |
35.4% |
82.0% |
|
Liechtenstein |
49 |
23 |
13 |
0 |
68.1% |
91.1% |
|
Lithuania |
53 |
20 |
12 |
0 |
72.6% |
92.3% |
|
Luxembourg |
53 |
21 |
11 |
0 |
71.6% |
91.9% |
|
Madagascar |
35 |
37 |
1 |
12 |
48.6% |
84.2% |
|
Malawi |
33 |
37 |
0 |
15 |
47.1% |
83.7% |
|
Malaysia |
36 |
43 |
6 |
0 |
45.6% |
83.8% |
|
Maldives |
42 |
43 |
0 |
0 |
49.4% |
84.1% |
|
Mali |
32 |
44 |
5 |
4 |
42.1% |
82.7% |
|
Malta |
50 |
24 |
11 |
0 |
67.6% |
90.8% |
|
Marshall Islands |
60 |
7 |
7 |
11 |
89.6% |
96.9% |
|
Mauritania |
27 |
41 |
9 |
8 |
39.7% |
82.8% |
|
Mauritius |
30 |
41 |
5 |
9 |
42.3% |
82.9% |
|
Mexico |
40 |
40 |
5 |
0 |
50.0% |
85.0% |
|
Micronesia |
60 |
2 |
4 |
19 |
96.8% |
99.0% |
|
Monaco |
52 |
19 |
11 |
3 |
73.2% |
92.4% |
|
Mongolia |
37 |
40 |
5 |
3 |
48.1% |
84.4% |
|
Montenegro |
51 |
21 |
12 |
1 |
70.8% |
91.8% |
|
Morocco |
29 |
43 |
13 |
0 |
40.3% |
83.3% |
|
Mozambique |
29 |
43 |
4 |
9 |
40.3% |
82.1% |
|
Myanmar (Burma) |
21 |
38 |
12 |
14 |
35.6% |
81.9% |
|
Namibia |
30 |
44 |
1 |
10 |
40.5% |
81.7% |
|
Nauru |
21 |
1 |
0 |
63 |
95.5% |
98.6% |
|
Nepal |
32 |
43 |
10 |
0 |
42.7% |
83.5% |
|
Netherlands |
53 |
20 |
11 |
1 |
72.6% |
92.2% |
|
New Zealand |
51 |
24 |
10 |
0 |
68.0% |
90.8% |
|
Nicaragua |
26 |
54 |
5 |
0 |
32.5% |
79.7% |
|
Niger |
24 |
26 |
9 |
26 |
48.0% |
85.3% |
|
Nigeria |
32 |
33 |
5 |
15 |
49.2% |
84.6% |
|
Norway |
51 |
21 |
13 |
0 |
70.8% |
91.9% |
|
Oman |
24 |
47 |
14 |
0 |
33.8% |
81.7% |
|
Pakistan |
13 |
44 |
25 |
3 |
22.8% |
81.4% |
|
Palau |
71 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
97.3% |
99.2% |
|
Panama |
46 |
28 |
10 |
1 |
62.2% |
89.1% |
|
Papua New Guinea |
36 |
38 |
5 |
6 |
48.6% |
84.7% |
|
Paraguay |
34 |
42 |
5 |
4 |
44.7% |
83.5% |
|
Peru |
38 |
38 |
8 |
1 |
50.0% |
85.4% |
|
Philippines |
37 |
41 |
7 |
0 |
47.4% |
84.5% |
|
Poland |
53 |
20 |
12 |
0 |
72.6% |
92.3% |
|
Portugal |
53 |
21 |
11 |
0 |
71.6% |
91.9% |
|
Qatar |
29 |
45 |
11 |
0 |
39.2% |
82.7% |
|
Republic of Korea |
49 |
21 |
13 |
2 |
70.0% |
91.6% |
|
Republic of Moldova |
52 |
20 |
13 |
0 |
72.2% |
92.2% |
|
Romania |
52 |
20 |
12 |
1 |
72.2% |
92.2% |
|
Russia |
34 |
38 |
13 |
0 |
47.2% |
85.3% |
|
Rwanda |
7 |
11 |
0 |
67 |
38.9% |
79.3% |
|
St. Kitts and Nevis |
31 |
30 |
4 |
20 |
50.8% |
85.0% |
|
Saint Lucia |
39 |
42 |
1 |
3 |
48.1% |
83.9% |
|
St. Vincent/Grenadines |
31 |
44 |
9 |
1 |
41.3% |
83.0% |
|
Samoa |
38 |
28 |
12 |
7 |
57.6% |
88.2% |
|
San Marino |
51 |
21 |
13 |
0 |
70.8% |
91.9% |
|
Sao Tome/Principe |
32 |
29 |
0 |
24 |
52.5% |
84.9% |
|
Saudi Arabia |
26 |
43 |
16 |
0 |
37.7% |
83.1% |
|
Senegal |
36 |
43 |
1 |
5 |
45.6% |
83.2% |
|
Serbia |
43 |
24 |
18 |
0 |
64.2% |
90.5% |
|
Seychelles |
32 |
24 |
0 |
29 |
57.1% |
86.5% |
|
Sierra Leone |
33 |
42 |
1 |
9 |
44.0% |
82.7% |
|
Singapore |
34 |
44 |
7 |
0 |
43.6% |
83.3% |
|
Slovak Republic |
54 |
20 |
11 |
0 |
73.0% |
92.3% |
|
Slovenia |
53 |
21 |
11 |
0 |
71.6% |
91.9% |
|
Solomon Islands |
36 |
43 |
3 |
3 |
45.6% |
83.4% |
|
Somalia |
1 |
29 |
5 |
50 |
3.3% |
71.7% |
|
South Africa |
29 |
45 |
8 |
3 |
39.2% |
82.3% |
|
South Sudan |
9 |
9 |
1 |
66 |
50.0% |
84.3% |
|
Spain |
53 |
21 |
11 |
0 |
71.6% |
91.9% |
|
Sri Lanka |
32 |
46 |
6 |
1 |
41.0% |
82.4% |
|
Sudan |
24 |
48 |
11 |
2 |
33.3% |
81.1% |
|
Suriname |
29 |
34 |
4 |
18 |
46.0% |
83.5% |
|
Swaziland |
28 |
46 |
4 |
7 |
37.8% |
81.3% |
|
Sweden |
51 |
20 |
13 |
1 |
71.8% |
92.2% |
|
Switzerland |
47 |
22 |
13 |
3 |
68.1% |
91.1% |
|
Syria |
9 |
51 |
16 |
9 |
15.0% |
77.7% |
|
Tajikistan |
31 |
41 |
5 |
8 |
43.1% |
82.9% |
|
Thailand |
36 |
42 |
7 |
0 |
46.2% |
84.1% |
|
TFYR Macedonia |
52 |
20 |
13 |
0 |
72.2% |
92.2% |
|
Timor-Leste |
36 |
34 |
3 |
12 |
51.4% |
85.4% |
|
Togo |
34 |
43 |
1 |
7 |
44.2% |
82.8% |
|
Tonga |
38 |
23 |
16 |
8 |
62.3% |
90.1% |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
28 |
37 |
10 |
10 |
43.1% |
83.6% |
|
Tunisia |
28 |
43 |
13 |
1 |
39.4% |
83.1% |
|
Turkey |
47 |
28 |
4 |
6 |
62.7% |
88.8% |
|
Turkmenistan |
27 |
42 |
6 |
10 |
39.1% |
81.9% |
|
Tuvalu |
28 |
30 |
2 |
25 |
48.3% |
84.6% |
|
Uganda |
26 |
42 |
5 |
12 |
38.2% |
81.8% |
|
Ukraine |
50 |
25 |
10 |
0 |
66.7% |
90.4% |
|
United Arab Emirates |
29 |
44 |
11 |
1 |
39.7% |
82.9% |
|
United Kingdom |
59 |
15 |
11 |
0 |
79.7% |
94.2% |
|
UR Tanzania |
37 |
35 |
3 |
10 |
51.4% |
84.8% |
|
Uruguay |
37 |
42 |
6 |
0 |
46.8% |
84.2% |
|
Uzbekistan |
25 |
44 |
5 |
11 |
36.2% |
81.2% |
|
Vanuatu |
32 |
30 |
7 |
16 |
51.6% |
86.2% |
|
Venezuela |
26 |
56 |
3 |
0 |
31.7% |
79.1% |
|
Vietnam |
25 |
47 |
3 |
10 |
34.7% |
80.3% |
|
Yemen |
24 |
43 |
16 |
2 |
35.8% |
82.7% |
|
Zambia |
30 |
46 |
8 |
1 |
39.5% |
82.3% |
|
Zimbabwe |
29 |
49 |
0 |
7 |
37.2% |
80.4% |
|
Totals and Percentages |
6840 |
6443 |
1525 |
1512 |
51.5% |
85.9% |
