Voting Comparison

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

vs
3609 shared votes
35%
agreement
1265 agreed · 2344 diverged
3609 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
Andorra Yes No Abstain
Yes 667 1311 296
No 1 503 1
Abstain 11 635 94

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
2% 10/476
Nuclear/Arms
48% 141/291
Colonialism
16% 48/305
Human Rights
43% 223/515
Economic Dev.
25% 52/208
Disarmament
47% 196/419
Overall
35% 1265/3609

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Andorra United States of America Y / N / A
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
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/72/158
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2017
abstain no 128 / 51 / 6
A/RES/48/124
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1993
non_voting no 101 / 51 / 17
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
non_voting no 93 / 51 / 3
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 128 / 51 / 6
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2008
yes no 106 / 46 / 34
A/RES/78/30
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2023
abstain no 116 / 45 / 19
A/RES/80/54
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2025
yes no 119 / 45 / 12
A/RES/80/45
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2025
abstain no 112 / 45 / 18

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
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
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/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33