Lesotho vs Papua New Guinea: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Lesotho 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
84.9%
of 3,601 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 83.9% | 411 |
| 1980 | 89.2% | 1,237 |
| 1990 | 87.1% | 458 |
| 2000 | 79.1% | 703 |
| 2010 | 82.4% | 792 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 66.1% | 626 |
| Nuclear weapons | 93.1% | 656 |
| Disarmament | 94.6% | 838 |
| Colonialism | 82.2% | 494 |
| Human rights | 71.2% | 694 |
| Economic development | 92.8% | 483 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Lesotho | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|---|
R/55/66 CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN | 2000-12-03 | 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/43/78F NUCLEAR WAR, PREVENTION | 1988-12-04 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Lesotho and Papua New Guinea vote together at the UN?
Lesotho and Papua New Guinea voted the same way in 84.9% of 3,601 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Lesotho and Papua New Guinea agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Lesotho and Papua New Guinea largely agree: they voted the same way in 71.2% of 694 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Lesotho and Papua New Guinea last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2019-12-13 Lesotho 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 ).