Voting Practices of Sub-Saharan States of Africa at the UN General Assembly: Latest Trends and Underlying Strategies

Working Paper No. 74 / 2023

The working paper seeks to analyze constitutive voting patterns of Sub-Saharan states of Africa at the UN General Assembly. The methodology proposed in this paper offers an opportunity to explore this issue topic-wise as well as in a broader sense. The paper considers a number of indicators that help assess the involvement of the continent’s different countries in the voting processes, builds on the various types of strategic behavior in the UNGA, evaluates consistencies of issue-related stances adopted by African member states. Finally, the research provides a measure of voting coincidence between African nations and the UN’s P5 on different items on the UNGA agenda.

Working Paper No. 74 / 2023

The working paper seeks to analyze constitutive voting patterns of Sub-Saharan states of Africa at the UN General Assembly. The methodology proposed in this paper offers an opportunity to explore this issue topic-wise as well as in a broader sense. The paper considers a number of indicators that help assess the involvement of the continent’s different countries in the voting processes, builds on the various types of strategic behavior in the UNGA, evaluates consistencies of issue-related stances adopted by African member states. Finally, the research provides a measure of voting coincidence between African nations and the UN’s P5 on different items on the UNGA agenda.

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