Palau vs Samoa: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Palau and Samoa 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
47.9%
of 1,294 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 50.0% | 34 |
| 2000 | 40.2% | 555 |
| 2010 | 53.9% | 705 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 3.6% | 249 |
| Nuclear weapons | 45.0% | 231 |
| Disarmament | 55.0% | 309 |
| Colonialism | 33.7% | 187 |
| Human rights | 36.2% | 370 |
| Economic development | 60.4% | 149 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Palau | Samoa |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/71/20 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/21 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-11-30 | no | yes |
R/67/4 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2012-11-13 | no | yes |
R/64/6 CUBA, UNITED STATES | 2009-10-28 | no | yes |
R/63/242 RACIAL DISCRIMINATION | 2008-12-24 | no | yes |
R/63/7 CUBA, UNITED STATES | 2008-10-29 | no | yes |
R/61/11 CUBA, UNITED STATES | 2006-11-08 | no | yes |
R/60/12 Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial e | 2005-11-08 | no | yes |
R/59/221 International trade and development : resolution / adopted b | 2004-12-22 | no | yes |
R/59/81 The Conference on Disarmament decision (CD/1547) of 11 Augus | 2004-12-03 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Palau and Samoa vote together at the UN?
Palau and Samoa voted the same way in 47.9% of 1,294 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Palau and Samoa agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Palau and Samoa mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 36.2% of 370 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Palau and Samoa last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2016-11-30 Palau voted "no" and Samoa voted "yes" on A/RES/71/20 (Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).