Voting Comparison

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

vs
5301 shared votes
47%
agreement
2513 agreed · 2788 diverged
5301 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.

Seychelles
Argentina Yes No Abstain
Yes 2445 9 20
No 137 1
Abstain 295 3 28

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
46% 410/896
Nuclear/Arms
47% 271/579
Colonialism
44% 247/563
Human Rights
39% 302/773
Economic Dev.
44% 218/491
Disarmament
48% 376/779
Overall
47% 2513/5301

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Argentina Seychelles Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no non_voting 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes non_voting 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain non_voting 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
no non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
no non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
no 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
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 128 / 55 / 8
32/97
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 135 / 55 / 0
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
yes 136 / 55 / 0
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 135 / 55 / 0
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for improving …
1985
yes 136 / 55 / 0
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 130 / 55 / 1