Malaysia vs Norway: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Malaysia and Norway 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
57.2%
of 5,591 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 53.7% | 121 |
| 1960 | 57.5% | 497 |
| 1970 | 62.4% | 976 |
| 1980 | 52.4% | 1,384 |
| 1990 | 57.2% | 773 |
| 2000 | 58.1% | 925 |
| 2010 | 58.5% | 914 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 59.4% | 1,010 |
| Nuclear weapons | 53.0% | 846 |
| Disarmament | 60.4% | 1,070 |
| Colonialism | 54.7% | 852 |
| Human rights | 31.5% | 967 |
| Economic development | 60.7% | 722 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Malaysia | Norway |
|---|---|---|---|
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/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | yes | no |
R/69/210 | 2014-12-19 | no | yes |
R/69/227 | 2014-12-19 | yes | no |
R/67/202 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | 2012-12-21 | no | yes |
R/65/206 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2010-12-21 | no | yes |
R/65/224 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2010-12-21 | yes | no |
R/65/225 HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 2010-12-21 | no | yes |
R/65/226 HUMAN RIGHTS--IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) | 2010-12-21 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Malaysia and Norway vote together at the UN?
Malaysia and Norway voted the same way in 57.2% of 5,591 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Malaysia and Norway agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Malaysia and Norway mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 31.5% of 967 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Malaysia and Norway last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Malaysia voted "yes" and Norway voted "no" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).