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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2025. Vol 54

Geography of UN General Assembly Voting in 2024

Author(s)

A. N. Fartyshev1, 2, O. M. Semenov1

1 V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography SB RAS, Irkutsk, Russian Federation 

2 Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation

Abstract
Voting in the UN General Assembly is the most important factor in showing the friendliness-hostility of the countries of the world towards each other. The data on votes in the UN General Assembly for 2024 are analyzed, a matrix of similarity of countries' votes is compiled on the basis of the E. Voeten and A. Lijphart coherence index improved by the authors. The map of consistency of positions of the world's countries with Russia on voting in the UNGA was drawn up, clusters of support depending on the consistency of positions with Russia and the USA were revealed, the average consistency of voting in the UNGA on the leading integration associations in relation to some countries of the world (Russia, China, France, Germany, India, Ukraine, the USA) was presented. The most similar in voting countries with Russia's position and the most different ones are identified. It is proved that a number of Russia's allies, including members of the CSTO and the SCO, tend to vote more similarly to China and India than to Russia. Japan, Ukraine and Georgia vote consolidated with the EU countries, but the similarity of their votes with the US is not so great. The presented quantitative results can be used to analyze international coalitions, analyze bilateral relations between countries, and identify problems of international integration processes.
About the Authors

Fartyshev Arseniy Nikolaevich, Candidate of Sciences (Gepgraphy), Head of the Laboratory of Georesources and Political Geography V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography SB RAS 1, Ulan-Batorskaya st., Irkutsk, 664033, Russian Federation Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, History, and Regional Studies Irkutsk State University 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation e-mail: fartyshev.an@gmail.com

Semenov Oleg Markovich, Junior Research Scientist, Laboratory of Georesource Studies and Political Geography V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography SB RAS 1, Ulan-Batorskaya st., Irkutsk, 664033, Russian Federation e-mail: olegsemenov@student.isu.ru

For citation
Fartyshev A.N., Semenov O.M. Geography of UN General Assembly Voting in 2024. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2025, vol. 54, pp. 49-60. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2025.54.49 (in Russian)
Keywords
geopolitics, political geography, unfriendly countries, international coalitions, United Nations Organization, UNGA, geopolitical turbulence.
UDC
911.3 (571)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2025.54.49
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