Malawi vs Papua New Guinea: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Malawi 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
82.0%
of 3,468 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 74.1% | 355 |
| 1980 | 77.8% | 1,217 |
| 1990 | 85.8% | 557 |
| 2000 | 84.6% | 615 |
| 2010 | 87.7% | 723 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 73.9% | 583 |
| Nuclear weapons | 87.2% | 640 |
| Disarmament | 90.8% | 824 |
| Colonialism | 77.2% | 470 |
| Human rights | 69.9% | 670 |
| Economic development | 84.5% | 471 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Malawi | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|---|
R/53/77G DISARMAMENT, NUCLEAR TESTING | 1998-12-06 | no | yes |
R/73/175 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2018-12-17 | 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 |
A/RES/71/187 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-19 | yes | no |
R/65/208 nan | 2010-12-21 | no | yes |
R/64/296 ORGANIZATION FOR DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GUAM | 2010-09-07 | yes | no |
R/64/296 nan | 2010-09-07 | no | yes |
R/64/152 nan | 2009-12-18 | yes | no |
R/63/191 nan | 2008-12-18 | yes | no |
R/60/51 Role of science and technology in the context of internation | 2005-12-08 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Malawi and Papua New Guinea vote together at the UN?
Malawi and Papua New Guinea voted the same way in 82.0% of 3,468 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Malawi and Papua New Guinea agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Malawi and Papua New Guinea largely agree: they voted the same way in 69.9% of 670 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Malawi and Papua New Guinea last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2018-12-17 Malawi voted "yes" and Papua New Guinea voted "no" on R/73/175 (Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).