Tonga vs United States: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Tonga and United States 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
23.6%
of 1,327 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.2% | 635 |
| 2010 | 26.7% | 692 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 5.2% | 267 |
| Nuclear weapons | 17.7% | 293 |
| Disarmament | 26.3% | 342 |
| Colonialism | 10.2% | 196 |
| Human rights | 17.7% | 311 |
| Economic development | 17.4% | 149 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Tonga | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | yes | no |
A/RES/72/4 Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-01 | 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/70/185 | 2015-12-22 | yes | no |
R/70/5 | 2015-10-27 | yes | no |
R/69/5 | 2014-10-28 | yes | no |
R/68/8 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2013-10-29 | yes | no |
R/67/4 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2012-11-13 | yes | no |
R/66/6 CUBA--UNITED STATES | 2011-10-25 | yes | no |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Tonga and United States vote together at the UN?
Tonga and United States voted the same way in 23.6% of 1,327 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Tonga and United States agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Tonga and United States mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 17.7% of 311 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Tonga and United States last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 Tonga voted "yes" and United States voted "no" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).