Laos vs Palau: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Laos and Palau 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
33.9%
of 1,262 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 20.7% | 29 |
| 2000 | 21.6% | 522 |
| 2010 | 43.5% | 711 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 1.2% | 260 |
| Nuclear weapons | 46.8% | 237 |
| Disarmament | 49.8% | 285 |
| Colonialism | 33.2% | 190 |
| Human rights | 9.0% | 377 |
| Economic development | 53.2% | 141 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Laos | Palau |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/248 Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-24 | no | yes |
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/84 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-07 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/95 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-06 | yes | no |
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 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/21 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | yes | no |
R/70/172 | 2015-12-17 | no | yes |
R/70/87 | 2015-12-09 | yes | no |
R/70/12 | 2015-11-24 | yes | no |
R/70/13 | 2015-11-24 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Laos and Palau vote together at the UN?
Laos and Palau voted the same way in 33.9% of 1,262 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Laos and Palau agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Laos and Palau mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 9.0% of 377 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Laos and Palau last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-24 Laos voted "no" and Palau voted "yes" on A/RES/72/248 (Situation of human rights in Myanmar : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).