Malawi vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Malawi and United States 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
27.4%
of 4,378 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 57.3% | 218 |
| 1970 | 46.3% | 774 |
| 1980 | 17.2% | 1,280 |
| 1990 | 25.0% | 635 |
| 2000 | 17.3% | 705 |
| 2010 | 28.4% | 765 |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 16.0% | 737 |
| Nuclear weapons | 19.9% | 710 |
| Disarmament | 25.6% | 918 |
| Colonialism | 14.6% | 644 |
| Human rights | 21.0% | 820 |
| Economic development | 25.9% | 610 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Malawi | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/4 Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-01 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/95 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-06 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/63 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
A/RES/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/70/185 | 2015-12-22 | yes | no |
R/70/87 | 2015-12-09 | yes | no |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | yes | no |
R/69/227 | 2014-12-19 | yes | no |
R/69/5 | 2014-10-28 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Malawi and United States vote together at the UN?
Malawi and United States voted the same way in 27.4% of 4,378 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Malawi and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Malawi and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 21.0% of 820 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Malawi and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Malawi voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).