United States vs Samoa: UN Voting Alignment
How often do United States 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
24.7%
of 3,848 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 36.1% | 274 |
| 1980 | 16.5% | 1,207 |
| 1990 | 30.0% | 714 |
| 2000 | 24.0% | 804 |
| 2010 | 28.7% | 849 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 8.9% | 790 |
| Nuclear weapons | 18.8% | 670 |
| Disarmament | 26.4% | 875 |
| Colonialism | 7.3% | 545 |
| Human rights | 25.5% | 732 |
| Economic development | 16.4% | 477 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | United States | Samoa |
|---|---|---|---|
A/RES/72/31 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-12-04 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/15 Jerusalem : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/14 Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/13 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/12 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
A/RES/72/11 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2017-11-30 | no | yes |
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 | no | yes |
A/RES/71/75 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 2016-12-05 | no | yes |
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 |
Frequently asked questions
How often do United States and Samoa vote together at the UN?
United States and Samoa voted the same way in 24.7% of 3,848 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do United States and Samoa agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, United States and Samoa mostly disagree: they voted the same way in 25.5% of 732 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did United States and Samoa last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2017-12-04 United States voted "no" and Samoa voted "yes" on A/RES/72/31 (Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly).