Voting Comparison

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

vs
3551 shared votes
85%
agreement
3003 agreed · 548 diverged
3551 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.

Eritrea
Burkina Faso Yes No Abstain
Yes 2863 1 56
No 8 9
Abstain 41 13 77

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
75% 355/476
Nuclear/Arms
94% 273/291
Colonialism
84% 256/305
Human Rights
75% 387/515
Economic Dev.
88% 184/208
Disarmament
91% 382/419
Overall
85% 3003/3551

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Burkina Faso Eritrea Y / N / A
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
non_voting yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes abstain 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes abstain 96 / 58 / 12
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes abstain 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
yes non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
yes abstain 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
non_voting yes 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
yes abstain 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
abstain no 69 / 54 / 57

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
yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0