Palau vs Papua New Guinea: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Palau 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
43.9%
of 1,248 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 27.3% | 33 |
| 2000 | 35.1% | 510 |
| 2010 | 51.1% | 705 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 7.0% | 244 |
| Nuclear weapons | 46.0% | 215 |
| Disarmament | 58.5% | 289 |
| Colonialism | 31.8% | 176 |
| Human rights | 23.3% | 365 |
| Economic development | 60.7% | 135 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Palau | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/ES-10/19 Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-21 | no | yes |
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 | no | yes |
R/70/87 | 2015-12-09 | no | yes |
R/70/12 | 2015-11-24 | no | yes |
R/67/4 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2012-11-13 | no | yes |
R/65/206 HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT | 2010-12-21 | yes | no |
R/64/6 CUBA, UNITED STATES | 2009-10-28 | no | yes |
R/63/160 UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, REPORTS | 2008-12-18 | no | yes |
R/63/7 CUBA, UNITED STATES | 2008-10-29 | no | yes |
R/61/11 CUBA, UNITED STATES | 2006-11-08 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Palau and Papua New Guinea vote together at the UN?
Palau and Papua New Guinea voted the same way in 43.9% of 1,248 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Palau and Papua New Guinea agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Palau and Papua New Guinea mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 23.3% of 365 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Palau and Papua New Guinea last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-21 Palau voted "no" and Papua New Guinea voted "yes" on A/RES/ES-10/19 (Status of Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).