Voting Analysis

Explore how countries voted in UN General Assembly recorded votes.

8976
Resolutions voted on
9415
Recorded votes
1182444
Individual country votes
83%
Voted Yes (overall)
6%
Voted No (overall)
11%
Abstained (overall)

Visualisations & Tools

Voting Blocs
Named political groups and data-driven clusters recovered from the pairwise voting record.
Voting Similarity Map
Interactive world map coloured by voting alignment to any reference country.
Compare Two Countries
Side-by-side voting agreement with year-by-year trend and position matrix.
Ideal Point Timeline
Heatmap of all countries' voting alignment 1946–today, showing geopolitical blocs and their evolution.
Bloc Map
World map coloured by ideal point quartile per year. Animate from 1946 to today to see Western vs. G77 blocs shift.
Ideal Point Lines
Multi-country line chart of UN ideal points over time. Defaults to P5 + USSR; add any country.
P5 Divergence
USA/UK/France vs Russia/China ideal points drifting apart since 1946, with Cold War and post-9/11 annotations.
Vote Prediction
Given a sponsoring bloc, predict how every UN member is likely to vote using current ideal points.
Browse Resolutions
Filter GA and SC resolutions by year, session, and UNBIS subject category.
Voting Cohesion Heatmap
Countries × countries agreement rate matrix for the 60 most active voters.
Animated Bubble Chart
Hans Rosling–style animation: ideal point vs. % yes votes, bubble size = votes cast, 1946–today.
SC Veto Tracker
All 271 Security Council vetoes since 1946, by country and topic.
Key Votes
Closest-margin recorded votes and resolutions where P5 members split Yes vs. No.
SC Co-sponsorship Network
Force-directed graph of countries that co-sponsored SC draft resolutions together.
Co-sponsorship Influence Rankings
Animated PageRank and betweenness rankings: which countries lead coalition-building at the UN each year.

Countries Voting "No" Most Often

Countries that most frequently cast dissenting votes against adopted resolutions.

United States of America 3864× Israel 3038× United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1851× Canada 1539× France 1488× Australia 1220× Belgium 1208× Germany 1182×

Countries Voting "Yes" on Non-Adopted Resolutions

Countries most frequently casting yes votes on resolutions that were ultimately rejected.

China 544× France 505× United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 495× United States of America 465× Russian Federation 452× Argentina 269× Brazil 230× Japan 202×

Most Recent Votes

Date Resolution Y / N / A
March 11, 2026 2817 (2026) 13 / 0 / 2
Jan. 30, 2026 2815 (2026) 13 / 0 / 2
Jan. 30, 2026 S/RES/2815(2026)
Security Council resolution 2815 (2026) [on extension of the mandate …
13 / 0 / 2
Jan. 29, 2026 S/RES/2814(2026)
Security Council resolution 2814 (2026) [on extension of the mandate …
15 / 0 / 0
Jan. 27, 2026 2813 (2026)
Security Council resolution 2813 (2026) [on final extension of the ma…
13 / 0 / 2
Jan. 14, 2026 2812 (2026)
Security Council resolution 2812 (2026) [on extension of the reportin…
13 / 0 / 2
Dec. 29, 2025 S/RES/2811(2025)
Security Council resolution 2811 (2025) [on extension of the mandate …
15 / 0 / 0
Dec. 29, 2025 S/RES/2810(2025)
Security Council resolution 2810 (2025) [on extension of the mandate …
15 / 0 / 0

Most Contested Votes

Resolution Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2013
94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the Gener…
2010
79 / 67 / 40
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human righ…
2006
86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the …
2002
80 / 62 / 33