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Lao People's Democratic Republic

General Assembly — figures below are for this body only.

UN code LAO · ISO 3166-1 LAO. Seen voting 1955-12-15 to 2026-09-17 (in the loaded data; not UN membership dates).

Names used in the UN dataset: LAOS (1955–1975); LAO PEOPLE's DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (1976–1983); LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (1978–2026)

5579Recorded votes taken part in
7%Abstention rate353 of 5161 · Abstentions as a share of the country's yes, no and abstain positions.
0Vetoes cast

Yes 4694 · No 114 · Abstain 353 · Did not vote 418. See these votes →

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Vetoes cast

No vetoes in the veto dataset.

Positions by topic

Topics are assigned by keyword rules; a resolution can have several.

TopicYesNoAbstain
Middle East11231083
Non-proliferation and disarmament10481165
Africa451220
Humanitarian and protection3701616
Asia and Pacific72286
Peacekeeping and missions4998
Europe and Balkans131932
Americas8061
International justice4402
Sanctions4800
Counter-terrorism1701
Membership and appointments1401

Agreement with other countries (1955–2026)

Share of shared recorded votes with the same position; only countries with at least 20 shared votes. Agreement is not alliance – see Methodology.

Highest agreement

CountryAgreementShared votes
Viet Nam97%4325
Mozambique95%4267
Seychelles95%2444
Namibia94%2652
Angola94%3892
Tanganyika94%34
Guinea-Bissau93%3671
Democratic Yemen93%2047
Sao Tome and Principe93%2577
Turkmenistan93%1668

Lowest agreement

CountryAgreementShared votes
United States15%5135
Israel23%4794
Germany, Federal Republic of31%1882
Micronesia (Federated States of)36%2220
United Kingdom39%5123
France41%5110
Palau42%1728
Canada44%5143
Marshall Islands44%2399
Belgium47%5142