Voting Comparison

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

vs
6583 shared votes
26%
agreement
1689 agreed · 4894 diverged
6583 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
Albania Yes No Abstain
Yes 962 1865 752
No 169 617 28
Abstain 37 693 102

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
3% 24/896
Nuclear/Arms
31% 178/579
Colonialism
12% 65/563
Human Rights
30% 230/773
Economic Dev.
12% 60/491
Disarmament
28% 222/779
Overall
26% 1689/6583

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Albania United States of America 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
37//6/
Enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections
1982
no abstain 131 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
yes no 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no yes 56 / 54 / 24
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/63/171
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
non_voting no 86 / 53 / 42
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
no yes 66 / 52 / 7
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

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/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
no 94 / 71 / 23
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
no 94 / 59 / 33