Jamaica vs Papua New Guinea: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Jamaica and Papua New Guinea 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
85.8%
of 3,954 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 86.6% | 419 |
| 1980 | 90.3% | 1,241 |
| 1990 | 88.7% | 666 |
| 2000 | 79.0% | 776 |
| 2010 | 82.8% | 851 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 69.4% | 765 |
| Nuclear weapons | 93.1% | 697 |
| Disarmament | 93.3% | 880 |
| Colonialism | 84.8% | 566 |
| Human rights | 72.9% | 764 |
| Economic development | 92.3% | 507 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Jamaica | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|---|
R/38/7 GRENADA, FOREIGN TROOPS | 1983-11-06 | no | yes |
A/RES/74/89 Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem | 2019-12-13 | yes | no |
A/RES/74/88 Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan | 2019-12-13 | yes | no |
A/RES/74/84 Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities | 2019-12-13 | yes | no |
R/73/141 Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the 24th special session of the General Assembly : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-17 | yes | no |
R/64/152 nan | 2009-12-18 | yes | no |
R/60/278 nan | 2006-06-30 | yes | no |
R/60/51 Role of science and technology in the context of internation | 2005-12-08 | yes | no |
R/58/196 nan | 2003-12-22 | no | yes |
R/57/156 nan | 2002-12-16 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Jamaica and Papua New Guinea vote together at the UN?
Jamaica and Papua New Guinea voted the same way in 85.8% of 3,954 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Jamaica and Papua New Guinea agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Jamaica and Papua New Guinea largely agree: they voted the same way in 72.9% of 764 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Jamaica and Papua New Guinea last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2019-12-13 Jamaica voted "yes" and Papua New Guinea voted "no" on A/RES/74/89 (Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem ).