North Korea vs Tonga: UN Voting Alignment
How often do North Korea and Tonga 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
54.9%
of 1,154 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 61.8% | 529 |
| 2010 | 49.0% | 625 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 37.0% | 265 |
| Nuclear weapons | 56.0% | 248 |
| Disarmament | 58.1% | 279 |
| Colonialism | 56.6% | 196 |
| Human rights | 38.5% | 299 |
| Economic development | 73.3% | 135 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | North Korea | Tonga |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/50 United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/32 Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/248 International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-21 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/130 The Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-09 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/86 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
R/70/172 | 2015-12-17 | no | yes |
R/70/73 | 2015-12-07 | no | yes |
R/69/210 | 2014-12-19 | no | yes |
R/69/52 | 2014-12-02 | no | yes |
R/69/81 | 2014-12-02 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do North Korea and Tonga vote together at the UN?
North Korea and Tonga voted the same way in 54.9% of 1,154 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do North Korea and Tonga agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, North Korea and Tonga mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 38.5% of 299 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did North Korea and Tonga last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 North Korea voted "no" and Tonga voted "yes" on A/RES/72/50 (United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).