Iran vs Malaysia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Iran 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
87.0%
of 5,350 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 72.4% | 116 |
| 1960 | 72.4% | 490 |
| 1970 | 89.1% | 943 |
| 1980 | 94.0% | 1,299 |
| 1990 | 90.4% | 753 |
| 2000 | 88.6% | 879 |
| 2010 | 80.1% | 869 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 97.9% | 958 |
| Nuclear weapons | 93.0% | 834 |
| Disarmament | 85.6% | 1,048 |
| Colonialism | 91.9% | 838 |
| Human rights | 86.3% | 928 |
| Economic development | 91.3% | 687 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Iran | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/191 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/43 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/248 International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-21 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/203 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/130 The Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-09 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/69 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
R/70/234 | 2015-12-23 | no | yes |
R/69/189 | 2014-12-18 | no | yes |
R/69/44 | 2014-12-02 | no | yes |
R/68/182 HUMAN RIGHTS--REPORTS | 2013-12-18 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Iran and Malaysia vote together at the UN?
Iran and Malaysia voted the same way in 87.0% of 5,350 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Iran and Malaysia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Iran and Malaysia largely agree: they voted the same way in 86.3% of 928 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Iran and Malaysia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-19 Iran voted "no" and Malaysia voted "yes" on A/RES/72/191 (Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).