Voting Comparison

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

vs
6823 shared votes
81%
agreement
5507 agreed · 1316 diverged
6823 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.

Denmark
Australia Yes No Abstain
Yes 3541 24 310
No 142 828 245
Abstain 425 156 1118

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
78% 696/896
Nuclear/Arms
80% 465/580
Colonialism
77% 433/563
Human Rights
79% 610/773
Economic Dev.
83% 407/491
Disarmament
85% 661/779
Overall
81% 5507/6823

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Australia Denmark Y / N / A
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
yes no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1965
yes no 56 / 49 / 11
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain no 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/58/43
Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context : resoluti…
2003
abstain no 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1969
yes no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1967
yes no 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1966
yes no 66 / 48 / 7
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 132 / 47 / 5
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1968
yes no 73 / 47 / 5
A/RES/67/217
Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2012
abstain no 132 / 47 / 5
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 129 / 46 / 13
A/RES/59/178
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2004
abstain no 129 / 46 / 13

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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
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