Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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.
|
Malaysia |
| Bangladesh |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
5475
|
8
|
95
|
| No |
10
|
69
|
27
|
| Abstain |
73
|
13
|
189
|
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.
Economic Dev.
93%
456/491
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Bangladesh |
Malaysia |
Y / N / A |
|
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
|
yes |
abstain |
94 /
71 /
23
|
|
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
|
abstain |
yes |
79 /
60 /
33
|
|
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
|
abstain |
yes |
94 /
59 /
33
|
|
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
|
abstain |
yes |
94 /
59 /
33
|
|
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/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
|
abstain |
yes |
56 /
54 /
24
|
|
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
|
no |
yes |
131 /
53 /
7
|
|
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
|
no |
yes |
135 /
53 /
1
|
|
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
non_voting |
abstain |
59 /
51 /
29
|
|
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
|
non_voting |
yes |
53 /
45 /
38
|
|
A/RES/53/77H
Regional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1998
|
abstain |
yes |
63 /
44 /
47
|
|
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
non_voting |
abstain |
54 /
43 /
42
|
Agreements on Contested Votes
Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.
| Resolution |
Both voted |
Y / N / A |
|
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
|
|
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
|
yes |
86 /
64 /
26
|
|
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
|
yes |
86 /
64 /
26
|
|
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
|
no |
80 /
62 /
33
|
|
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
|
yes |
80 /
61 /
42
|
|
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
|
