Bangladesh vs Malaysia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Bangladesh and Malaysia vote the same way at the UN General Assembly? Agreement over every shared roll-call vote since 1946, by year, decade, and topic — plus the resolutions where they split.
Overall agreement
95.7%
of 4,532 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 92.8% | 566 |
| 1980 | 96.4% | 1,363 |
| 1990 | 97.4% | 770 |
| 2000 | 95.8% | 919 |
| 2010 | 95.1% | 913 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 99.8% | 967 |
| Nuclear weapons | 97.7% | 772 |
| Disarmament | 97.0% | 986 |
| Colonialism | 99.0% | 631 |
| Human rights | 93.1% | 867 |
| Economic development | 96.3% | 574 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Bangladesh | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|---|
R/63/190 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS | 2008-12-18 | yes | no |
R/62/167 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 2007-12-18 | yes | no |
R/48/142 HUMAN RIGHTS, CUBA | 1993-12-02 | yes | no |
R/73/175 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-17 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/221 Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-21 | yes | no |
R/60/231 nan | 2005-12-23 | yes | no |
R/60/231 nan | 2005-12-23 | yes | no |
R/43/77B 3RD SPECIAL SESSION | 1988-12-04 | no | yes |
R/30/3485 EAST TIMOR, SELF-DETERMINATION | 1975-12-07 | yes | no |
R/29/3358 UN SALARY SYSTEM | 1974-12-04 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Bangladesh and Malaysia vote together at the UN?
Bangladesh and Malaysia voted the same way in 95.7% of 4,532 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Bangladesh and Malaysia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Bangladesh and Malaysia largely agree: they voted the same way in 93.1% of 867 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Bangladesh and Malaysia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2018-12-17 Bangladesh voted "no" and Malaysia voted "yes" on R/73/175 (Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).