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German Democratic Republic

ISO: DDR UN member since 1973
⚠ Defunct state — dissolved 1990

East Germany (German Democratic Republic) was absorbed into the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990 following German reunification.

Successor state:
Germany
134
Speeches
22
Speakers
2052
Votes
1616
Yes
226
No
192
Abstentions

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Voting alignment is computed from UN General Assembly roll-call votes (1946–present). Agreement rates count the share of resolutions where both countries cast the same vote (Yes/No/Abstain), weighted by the inverse square root of the number of countries voting, to down-weight near-unanimous resolutions. Ideal points are estimated using a Bayesian item-response model (Voeten 2013) that places each country on a left–right policy dimension each session. Issue-area breakdowns use the topic codes assigned by the UN Bibliographic Information System.

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Voting alignment over time ideal point (re-centred) — 0 = global average · positive = more Western-aligned · BSV2017

Position consistency: more stable than 11% of countries (std dev 0.65, ranked among 199 countries)

Closest neighbours countries with the most similar voting alignment in a given year

Issue-area voting alignment % yes votes by issue category · 5-year rolling average

Speeches

Speeches per year

Dominant Topics

Global economic relations Southern Africa and apartheid Israeli–Palestinian conflict War and military aggression General statements and positions East Asian regional relations Diplomatic expressions and remarks Nuclear weapons proliferation
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SC Representatives

Official Security Council representatives on record at the UN Digital Library.

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Delegates (by speeches)

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Session Date Speaker Source
44 Sept. 29, 1989 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/44/PV.12
43 Oct. 11, 1988 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/43/PV.26
42 Sept. 24, 1987 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/42/PV.10
41 Sept. 26, 1986 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/41/PV.12
40 Sept. 27, 1985 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/40/PV.12
39 Oct. 5, 1984 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/39/PV.22
38 Oct. 3, 1983 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/38/PV.15
37 Sept. 28, 1982 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/37/PV.7
36 Sept. 25, 1981 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/36/PV.13
35 Sept. 26, 1980 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/35/PV.12
34 Oct. 1, 1979 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/34/PV.16
33 Sept. 29, 1978 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/33/PV.14
32 Sept. 29, 1977 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗
31 Oct. 4, 1976 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗ A/31/PV.15
30 Sept. 24, 1975 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗
29 Sept. 25, 1974 Mr. Oskar Fischer UNDL ↗
28 Oct. 1, 1973 Mr. Otto Winzer UNDL ↗
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