Voting Comparison

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

vs
6754 shared votes
84%
agreement
5642 agreed · 1112 diverged
6754 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.

New Zealand
Australia Yes No Abstain
Yes 3702 7 102
No 198 765 243
Abstain 503 35 1157

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% 698/896
Nuclear/Arms
77% 445/580
Colonialism
84% 474/563
Human Rights
82% 635/773
Economic Dev.
88% 434/491
Disarmament
84% 656/779
Overall
84% 5642/6754

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Australia New Zealand Y / N / A
A/RES/63/171
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
no non_voting 86 / 53 / 42
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 127 / 52 / 6
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 125 / 52 / 5
A/RES/62/145
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2007
no abstain 127 / 52 / 6
A/RES/63/164
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2008
no abstain 125 / 52 / 5
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no abstain 127 / 51 / 7
A/RES/61/151
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2006
no abstain 127 / 51 / 7
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
no yes 115 / 48 / 18
A/RES/72/216
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Ag…
2017
no abstain 131 / 48 / 4
A/RES/61/78
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
no yes 115 / 48 / 18
48/140
The situation in the Sudan
1993
no yes 117 / 47 / 17
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain no 132 / 47 / 5

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