African Group

UN African Group (54 member states)

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Members

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan United Republic of Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Overall Voting Breakdown

81%
Voted Yes
6%
Abstained
1%
Voted No

Voting Trend by Year

Internal Cohesion by Year

Percentage of bloc members voting with the plurality position on each vote, averaged per year.

Most Divisive Votes

Votes with the lowest internal agreement among bloc members.

Resolution Cohesion Participating
A/RES/1604(XV)
Report of the Director of the Relief and Works Agency for P…
1961
 38% 26
A/RES/2676(XXV)
Respect for human rights in armed conflicts : resolution / …
1970
 40% 40
A/RES/42/79
Question of New Caledonia : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1987
 40% 42
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / a…
2007
 41% 49
A/RES/2535(XXIV)[B]
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refuge…
1969
 41% 39
A/RES/2647(XXV)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolut…
1970
 41% 29
A/RES/1784(XVII)
The problem of Chinese refugees in Hong Kong : resolution /…
1962
 41% 29
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / a…
2008
 42% 48

Most Agreed Contested Votes

Highly contested votes (globally) where this bloc voted with strong internal unity.

Resolution Cohesion Global No
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted b…
2013
 100% 71
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
 83% 59
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-…
1999
 87% 59
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-…
1997
 91% 58
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
 91% 58
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-…
1994
 100% 57
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
 90% 57
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
 100% 57