Voting Comparison

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

vs
3754 shared votes
35%
agreement
1313 agreed · 2441 diverged

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.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Australia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1262 313 210
No 779 3 69
Abstain 720 22 41

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
52% 276/530
Nuclear/Arms
16% 49/312
Colonialism
61% 204/334
Human Rights
16% 85/537
Economic Dev.
43% 97/223
Disarmament
31% 137/445
Overall
35% 1313/3754

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Australia Democratic People's Republic of Korea 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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
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
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33

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/75/40
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2020
no 130 / 42 / 14
A/RES/76/34
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2021
no 128 / 42 / 16
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
no 128 / 42 / 16
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization : resolu…
2025
yes 118 / 36 / 11
A/RES/74/46
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmam…
2019
abstain 137 / 33 / 16
A/RES/75/65
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmam…
2020
abstain 138 / 33 / 15
A/RES/73/70
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmam…
2018
abstain 139 / 32 / 17
A/RES/71/221
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2016
yes 147 / 26 / 7