Voting Comparison

Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.

vs
3253 shared votes
32%
agreement
1036 agreed · 2217 diverged
3253 shared votes

Agreement Trend over Time

Agreement rate per year (years with ≥2 shared votes). Click a point or year label to filter the vote list below.

Position Matrix

How often each combination of positions occurred across all shared votes.

Palau
Afghanistan Yes No Abstain
Yes 754 755 369
No 50 1
Abstain 16 1 12

green = same position   amber = different position

Breakdown by Voeten Topic

Agreement rate per issue area (Voeten dataset, GA resolutions only). Dashed line shows overall agreement rate.

Middle East
14% 62/441
Nuclear/Arms
33% 94/286
Colonialism
35% 100/287
Human Rights
17% 85/500
Economic Dev.
43% 86/201
Disarmament
37% 152/408
Overall
32% 1036/3253

Most Divergent Votes

Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.

Resolution Afghanistan Palau Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
non_voting yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
non_voting abstain 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
non_voting yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
abstain non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
yes non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
yes non_voting 91 / 57 / 21

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
yes 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2019
yes 136 / 55 / 0
A/RES/75/177
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by a…
2020
yes 130 / 55 / 1
A/RES/75/178
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2020
yes 125 / 55 / 8
A/RES/76/162
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2021
yes 131 / 55 / 0
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 135 / 55 / 0