Lesotho vs Russia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Lesotho 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
67.5%
of 4,440 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 34.9% | 129 |
| 1970 | 58.5% | 848 |
| 1980 | 79.0% | 1,313 |
| 1990 | 61.5% | 514 |
| 2000 | 70.6% | 806 |
| 2010 | 64.1% | 830 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 79.9% | 785 |
| Nuclear weapons | 52.8% | 741 |
| Disarmament | 61.9% | 953 |
| Colonialism | 80.9% | 629 |
| Human rights | 71.3% | 839 |
| Economic development | 66.2% | 610 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Lesotho | 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/62/167 HUMAN RIGHTS, REPORTS, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 2007-12-18 | yes | no |
R/61/174 Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republi | 2006-12-19 | 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/53/77Y NUCLEAR WEAPON-FREE WORLD | 1998-12-06 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Lesotho and Russia vote together at the UN?
Lesotho and Russia voted the same way in 67.5% of 4,440 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Lesotho and Russia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Lesotho and Russia largely agree: they voted the same way in 71.3% of 839 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Lesotho and Russia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Lesotho 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).