Voting Comparison

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

3567 shared votes

86%

agreement

3060 agreed · 507 diverged

3567 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.

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

green = same position amber = different position

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

Middle East

81% 385/476

Nuclear/Arms

74% 215/291

Colonialism

77% 236/305

Human Rights

87% 450/515

Economic Dev.

77% 161/208

Disarmament

83% 348/419

Overall

86% 3060/3567

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

Resolution	Albania	Monaco	Y / N / A
40/233 Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador 1985	abstain	no	79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224 Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2010	abstain	no	79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/64/156 Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2010	abstain	no	80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/63/171 Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2008	non_voting	no	86 / 53 / 42
A/RES/50/33 Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat… 1995	non_voting	no	93 / 51 / 3
A/RES/62/154 Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2007	non_voting	no	108 / 51 / 25
32/132 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977	abstain	yes	61 / 47 / 51
A/RES/54/177 Human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted b… 1999	abstain	yes	61 / 47 / 51
A/RES/58/64 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop… 2003	non_voting	no	118 / 46 / 13
A/RES/62/220 Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xeno… 2007	non_voting	no	105 / 46 / 6
A/RES/48/78 Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1993	abstain	no	53 / 45 / 65
A/RES/80/45 Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20… 2025	non_voting	no	112 / 45 / 18

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

Resolution	Both voted	Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144 Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2013	no	94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/61/166 Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad… 2006	no	86 / 64 / 26
39/192 Question of the United States Virgin Islands 1984	no	86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230 Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2002	yes	80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247 Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :… 2019	no	79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187 Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :… 2018	no	94 / 59 / 33
39/192 Question of the United States Virgin Islands 1984	no	91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168 Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a… 1999	no	91 / 59 / 10