UN Voting system Business Analytics

1. Kingsley Okoh
Ekas Thind
Silvia Toader
United Nation Voting
System explained

2. How do countries tend to vote?
Percentage of “Yes”
votes displayed on a
heat map

3. But who votes “Yes” the most and the least?
Here we see the top 20 countries giving
the most „Yes“ votes from 1945 - 2019
Followed by the bottom 20 „Yes“ voting
countries

4. Looking at the
total count of
votes
(taking Austria as
an example)
How are the count of votes distributed?

5. UN Permanent Members
Voting
patterns of
Russia and
USA

6. Percentage of
”Yes” votes
on
continental
level –
Europe vs
Asia
Continents
Europe vs Asia

7. Correlation: Austria and its neighboring countries
Voting patterns
of Austria and
its
neighbouring
countries

8. Correlation of voting patterns between Austria and the rest
of the world
Voting behaviour
similarities with
Israel, but
contradictions
with Vietnam

9. Quiz of the Decades
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Creation of the UN
(51 members)
UN in 2019
(193 members)

10. 1940s
Tipp:
Why was the issue of
„Colonialism“ the most voted topic
in the 1940s?
o After the Second World War,
people's desire to govern
themselves intensified
o Churchill was planning on
colonizing Germany after WWII
o Africa invaded Spain in 1947

11. 1950s
Tipp:
What Milestone was reached in the 50s?
o The issue of racial conflict in South
Africa began to appear on the UN
agenda in the 1950s.
o The population reached 6 billion due to
decolonization.
o Rio de Janeiro was named the "Capital
of Freedom" after the decolonization of
Brazil in 1954.

12. 1960s Tipp:
What happened in the 60s?
o In 1968 the first international
children conference was held
o The death of Fidel Castro in
1967 led to the decolonization
revolution in Cuba.
o The UN General Assembly
withdraws South Africa's
mandate to govern Southwest
Africa (Namibia).

13. 1970s
Which significant events
influenced the economy in the
1970s?
o The Cold War ended, due to a
beneficial trade agreement
between the U.S. and Russia.
o The USA recovered from the
Great Depression
o Stagflation was first
recognized during the 1970's,
where many developed
economies experienced rapid
inflation and high
unemployment as a result of
an oil shock.

14. 1980s
Tipp:
Is there a connection between the Palestinian conflict and the issue of
arms control and disarmament?
o Yes
o No

15. 1990s
Tipp:
The Israeli-Palestinian division began in 1998 and caused
great tension among UN member states.
o Yes
o No

16. 2000s
Tipp:
The United Nations Security Council condemned the 9/11
attacks and adopted Resolution 1368, expressing their
willingness to combat all forms of terrorism.
o Yes
o No

17. 2010s
In July 2014, the United
Nations (as an employer)
announced it would extend
equal benefits to employees
in same-sex unions entered
into in jurisdictions where
they are legal.
o Yes
o No
Tipp: