Israel vs Samoa: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Israel and Samoa 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
29.9%
of 3,663 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 45.6% | 237 |
| 1980 | 32.8% | 1,092 |
| 1990 | 31.2% | 712 |
| 2000 | 27.7% | 791 |
| 2010 | 22.5% | 831 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 3.3% | 784 |
| Nuclear weapons | 18.2% | 658 |
| Disarmament | 31.8% | 870 |
| Colonialism | 12.3% | 529 |
| Human rights | 30.0% | 723 |
| Economic development | 25.6% | 449 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Israel | Samoa |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/12 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/11 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/4 Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-01 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/20 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/21 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Israel and Samoa vote together at the UN?
Israel and Samoa voted the same way in 29.9% of 3,663 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Israel and Samoa agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Israel and Samoa mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 30.0% of 723 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Israel and Samoa last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Israel voted "no" and Samoa voted "yes" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).