United Nations General Assembly Ideal Points

This dataset contains ideal point estimates based on voting behavior in the United Nations General Assembly. This is the first version where the ideal point estimates are based on years rather than UNGA sessions. The reasons for this are that researchers in practice virtually always use years as the basis of analysis and that UNGA sessions increasingly spill over into the following year and are held in special emergency sessions on issues such as the Gaza and Ukraine. <br> <br> There are two types of ideal point estimates: <br> • idealpointfp: ideal point estimates based only on votes on the final passage of resolutions (including failed votes). These are now available from 1946-2024 in…