Voting Comparison

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

vs
6775 shared votes
43%
agreement
2894 agreed · 3881 diverged
6775 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.

Cuba
Australia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2831 368 552
No 1184 3 15
Abstain 1621 5 45

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
48% 431/896
Nuclear/Arms
30% 172/579
Colonialism
55% 308/563
Human Rights
22% 170/773
Economic Dev.
40% 198/491
Disarmament
35% 275/779
Overall
43% 2894/6775

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Australia Cuba 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
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no yes 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no 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

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 50 / 13
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/49/75F
1995 Review and Extension Conference of States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Prolifera…
1994
abstain 103 / 40 / 25
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
yes 97 / 36 / 29
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization : resolu…
2025
yes 118 / 36 / 11
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983
no 88 / 31 / 24
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 69 / 29 / 47
A/RES/42/79
Question of New Caledonia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1987
yes 69 / 29 / 47