Voting Comparison

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

vs
3736 shared votes
79%
agreement
2946 agreed · 790 diverged
3736 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.

Croatia
Australia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1871 2 116
No 123 562 167
Abstain 233 35 511

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
57% 284/502
Nuclear/Arms
85% 257/301
Colonialism
67% 214/319
Human Rights
74% 391/526
Economic Dev.
75% 161/215
Disarmament
88% 379/431
Overall
79% 2946/3736

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Australia Croatia Y / N / A
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes abstain 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
yes abstain 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/65/217
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2010
no non_voting 131 / 53 / 0
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1995
no non_voting 93 / 51 / 3
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/56/146
Equitable geographical distribution of the membership of the human rights instr…
2001
no yes 113 / 47 / 5
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
no yes 113 / 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 132 / 47 / 5
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
no yes 112 / 46 / 15
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no abstain 116 / 46 / 9

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