Voting Comparison

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

vs
2469 shared votes
79%
agreement
1959 agreed · 510 diverged
2469 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.

Democratic Yemen
Argentina Yes No Abstain
Yes 1917 55 67
No 23 4 1
Abstain 205 14 30

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
86% 292/339
Nuclear/Arms
73% 182/250
Colonialism
88% 189/214
Human Rights
79% 179/226
Economic Dev.
88% 230/262
Disarmament
72% 228/318
Overall
79% 1959/2469

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Argentina Democratic Yemen Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
yes no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
yes no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1969
yes no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1968
yes no 73 / 47 / 5
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
no yes 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain yes 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
abstain no 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
no yes 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain no 56 / 42 / 34
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
abstain yes 66 / 38 / 41
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
no yes 58 / 35 / 46

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/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
no 57 / 39 / 46
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / …
1982
no 81 / 38 / 20
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 101 / 33 / 0
A/RES/40/168A
Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations
1985
yes 64 / 33 / 41
A/RES/34/219[I]
Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
yes 101 / 33 / 1
A/RES/36/235XVII
Access to the language training programme by accredited staff of permanent mission at Hea…
1981
yes 95 / 32 / 11