Voting Comparison

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

vs
6049 shared votes
15%
agreement
928 agreed · 5121 diverged
6049 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.

United States of America
Angola Yes No Abstain
Yes 893 3190 839
No 56 2
Abstain 250 46 25

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
4% 39/894
Nuclear/Arms
9% 54/579
Colonialism
3% 18/560
Human Rights
5% 42/772
Economic Dev.
8% 38/487
Disarmament
13% 101/779
Overall
15% 928/6049

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Angola United States of America 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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain 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 no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 73 / 40 / 56
A/RES/58/194
Situation of human rights in Turkmenistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2003
yes 73 / 40 / 56
A/RES/56/175
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2001
abstain 79 / 37 / 48
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 141 / 31 / 11
A/RES/67/202
Entrepreneurship for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
yes 141 / 31 / 11
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 133 / 30 / 7
A/RES/69/210
Entrepreneurship for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2014
yes 133 / 30 / 7
A/RES/71/221
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2016
yes 147 / 26 / 7