Laos vs North Korea: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Laos and North Korea 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
85.5%
of 1,967 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 92.4% | 516 |
| 2000 | 91.2% | 681 |
| 2010 | 75.8% | 769 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 100.0% | 509 |
| Nuclear weapons | 67.3% | 349 |
| Disarmament | 75.9% | 432 |
| Colonialism | 95.2% | 336 |
| Human rights | 85.9% | 525 |
| Economic development | 93.2% | 205 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Laos | North Korea |
|---|---|---|---|
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 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/50 United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/32 Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/86 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/73 | 2015-12-07 | yes | no |
R/69/52 | 2014-12-02 | yes | no |
R/69/81 | 2014-12-02 | yes | no |
R/68/51 NUCLEAR WEAPONS--ELIMINATION | 2013-12-05 | yes | no |
R/66/136 UN. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--REPORTS | 2011-12-19 | yes | no |
R/66/45 NUCLEAR WEAPONS--ELIMINATION | 2011-12-02 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Laos and North Korea vote together at the UN?
Laos and North Korea voted the same way in 85.5% of 1,967 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Laos and North Korea agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Laos and North Korea largely agree: they voted the same way in 85.9% of 525 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Laos and North Korea last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Laos voted "yes" and North Korea voted "no" on 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).