Samoa vs Zambia: UN Voting Alignment
How often do Samoa 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
81.8%
of 3,771 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946
Agreement by year
Agreement by decade
| Decade | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 84.8% | 276 |
| 1980 | 85.3% | 1,201 |
| 1990 | 78.9% | 673 |
| 2000 | 77.0% | 796 |
| 2010 | 82.7% | 825 |
Agreement by topic
| Topic | Agreement | Shared votes |
|---|---|---|
| Israel–Palestine | 75.5% | 768 |
| Nuclear weapons | 87.7% | 667 |
| Disarmament | 85.7% | 870 |
| Colonialism | 83.1% | 526 |
| Human rights | 62.2% | 717 |
| Economic development | 88.0% | 474 |
Biggest splits
| Resolution | Date | Samoa | Zambia |
|---|---|---|---|
R/66/12 COUNTER-TERRORISM | 2011-11-18 | yes | no |
R/61/164 Combating defamation of religions: resolution | 2006-12-19 | no | yes |
R/60/72 Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at th | 2005-12-08 | no | yes |
R/51/113 HUMAN RIGHTS, CUBA | 1996-12-05 | yes | no |
R/50/198 HUMAN RIGHTS, CUBA | 1995-12-06 | yes | no |
R/49/200 HUMAN RIGHTS, CUBA | 1994-12-06 | yes | no |
R/48/142 HUMAN RIGHTS, CUBA | 1993-12-02 | yes | no |
R/47/139 HUMAN RIGHTS, CUBA | 1992-12-06 | yes | no |
R/47/1 ADMISSION, YUGOSLAVIA | 1992-09-03 | yes | no |
R/41/38 LIBYA, U.S. AGGRESSION | 1986-11-05 | no | yes |
Frequently asked questions
How often do Samoa and Zambia vote together at the UN?
Samoa and Zambia voted the same way in 81.8% of 3,771 shared UN General Assembly votes since 1946.
Do Samoa and Zambia agree on human rights votes?
On human rights resolutions, Samoa and Zambia are split: they voted the same way in 62.2% of 717 shared human-rights votes at the UN General Assembly.
When did Samoa and Zambia last disagree at the UN?
Among their biggest recent splits, on 2011-11-18 Samoa voted "yes" and Zambia voted "no" on R/66/12 (COUNTER-TERRORISM).