Voting Comparison

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

vs
2786 shared votes
29%
agreement
817 agreed · 1969 diverged
2786 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.

Nauru
Armenia Yes No Abstain
Yes 730 363 190
No 19 8 36
Abstain 267 62 32

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
7% 25/354
Nuclear/Arms
26% 62/238
Colonialism
21% 50/236
Human Rights
25% 105/427
Economic Dev.
45% 82/184
Disarmament
32% 103/325
Overall
29% 817/2786

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Armenia Nauru Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain non_voting 94 / 71 / 23
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/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
non_voting yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
abstain non_voting 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
yes no 131 / 56 / 0

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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
yes 122 / 55 / 1
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain 125 / 55 / 6
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2002
yes 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/59/193
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2004
abstain 125 / 55 / 6
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
yes 136 / 55 / 0
A/RES/68/168
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolution / ado…
2013
yes 136 / 55 / 0
A/RES/79/61
Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferatio…
2024
non_voting 117 / 54 / 11