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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Security Council — figures below are for this body only.

UN code COD · ISO 3166-1 COD. Seen voting 1960-10-08 to 2026-09-29 (in the loaded data; not UN membership dates).

Voted as 'Zaire' (1971-1997) under the same UN code.

Names used in the UN dataset: CONGO (LEOPOLDVILLE) (1960–1971); CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) (1967–1967); ZAIRE (1971–1997); DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (1997–2026)

141Recorded votes taken part in
1%Abstention rate1 of 141 · Abstentions as a share of the country's yes, no and abstain positions.
0Vetoes cast

Yes 140 · No 0 · Abstain 1 · Did not vote 0 · 2 resolutions adopted without a vote (not counted). See these votes →

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Vetoes cast

No vetoes in the veto dataset.

Positions by topic

Topics are assigned by keyword rules; a resolution can have several.

TopicYesNoAbstain
Middle East6600
Peacekeeping and missions5801
Africa1901
Europe and Balkans1700
Membership and appointments900
Asia and Pacific800
Sanctions601
Humanitarian and protection500
Americas400
Counter-terrorism100
Non-proliferation and disarmament100
International justice100

Agreement with other countries (1960–2026)

Share of shared recorded votes with the same position; only countries with at least 20 shared votes. Agreement is not alliance – see Methodology.

Highest agreement

CountryAgreementShared votes
Côte d'Ivoire100%77
Romania100%77
Togo100%46
Guyana100%46
Belgium100%40
Austria100%40
Ethiopia100%37
Malaysia100%37
Finland100%37
Japan100%29

Lowest agreement

CountryAgreementShared votes
Poland83%46
Cuba83%77
Yemen85%68
Pakistan89%35
China93%141
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics93%123
India95%40
Panama96%47
United States96%140
Spain97%29