Voting Comparison

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

vs
6629 shared votes
91%
agreement
6042 agreed · 587 diverged
6629 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.

Ireland
Austria Yes No Abstain
Yes 4150 5 197
No 9 560 64
Abstain 166 104 1329

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
91% 817/896
Nuclear/Arms
89% 514/579
Colonialism
94% 527/563
Human Rights
95% 734/773
Economic Dev.
90% 441/491
Disarmament
93% 722/779
Overall
91% 6042/6629

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Austria Ireland Y / N / A
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1965
abstain yes 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1969
abstain yes 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1967
abstain yes 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1966
abstain yes 66 / 48 / 7
A/RES/69/40
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2014
no non_voting 124 / 48 / 10
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1968
abstain yes 73 / 47 / 5
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain yes 50 / 46 / 50
48/140
The situation in the Sudan
1993
no abstain 112 / 45 / 20
40/230
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1985
no abstain 113 / 45 / 20
A/RES/78/30
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2023
abstain no 116 / 45 / 19
A/RES/58/56
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2003
no abstain 112 / 45 / 20
A/RES/60/70
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
no abstain 113 / 45 / 20

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