Rwanda vs Zambia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Rwanda and Zambia 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
89.0%
of 3,831 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 70.8% | 209 |
| 1970 | 89.1% | 896 |
| 1980 | 94.4% | 1,351 |
| 1990 | 90.2% | 327 |
| 2000 | 87.3% | 503 |
| 2010 | 82.9% | 544 |
| 2020 | 100.0% | 1 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 85.9% | 597 |
| Nuclear weapons | 91.3% | 600 |
| Disarmament | 91.2% | 772 |
| Colonialism | 92.7% | 518 |
| Human rights | 84.1% | 711 |
| Economic development | 93.0% | 568 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Rwanda | Zambia |
|---|---|---|---|
R/66/12 COUNTER-TERRORISM | 2011-11-18 | yes | no |
R/50/198 HUMAN RIGHTS, CUBA | 1995-12-06 | yes | no |
R/47/1 ADMISSION, YUGOSLAVIA | 1992-09-03 | yes | no |
R/65/208 nan | 2010-12-21 | yes | no |
nan | 2007-12-18 | no | yes |
R/60/170 Situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the | 2005-12-16 | no | yes |
R/60/170 nan | 2005-12-16 | no | yes |
R/60/170 nan | 2005-12-16 | no | yes |
R/58/123 Special assistance for the economic recovery and reconstruct | 2003-12-17 | no | yes |
R/50/11 MULTILINGUALISM | 1995-11-05 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Rwanda and Zambia vote together at the UN?
Rwanda and Zambia voted the same way in 89.0% of 3,831 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Rwanda and Zambia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Rwanda and Zambia largely agree: they voted the same way in 84.1% of 711 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Rwanda and Zambia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2011-11-18 Rwanda voted "yes" and Zambia voted "no" on R/66/12 (COUNTER-TERRORISM).