Laos vs Russia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Laos and Russia 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
70.9%
of 5,071 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 27.7% | 173 |
| 1960 | 40.3% | 429 |
| 1970 | 65.3% | 845 |
| 1980 | 97.5% | 1,292 |
| 1990 | 56.4% | 685 |
| 2000 | 75.1% | 784 |
| 2010 | 68.2% | 862 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 79.9% | 987 |
| Nuclear weapons | 56.6% | 793 |
| Disarmament | 65.9% | 965 |
| Colonialism | 75.4% | 797 |
| Human rights | 73.9% | 913 |
| Economic development | 73.1% | 631 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Laos | Russia |
|---|---|---|---|
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/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
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 | yes | no |
R/60/72 Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at th | 2005-12-08 | yes | no |
R/55/33N NUCLEAR DANGER | 2000-11-03 | yes | no |
R/54/54G NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD | 1999-12-04 | yes | no |
R/53/77Y NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD | 1998-12-06 | yes | no |
R/51/45M NUCLEAR WEAPONS, LEGALITY | 1996-12-03 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Laos and Russia vote together at the UN?
Laos and Russia voted the same way in 70.9% of 5,071 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Laos and Russia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Laos and Russia largely agree: they voted the same way in 73.9% of 913 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Laos and Russia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Laos voted "yes" and Russia 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).