Voting Comparison

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

vs
6132 shared votes
93%
agreement
5701 agreed · 431 diverged
6132 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.

Tunisia
Bangladesh Yes No Abstain
Yes 5512 4 72
No 32 31 25
Abstain 94 9 150

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
99% 884/896
Nuclear/Arms
97% 561/579
Colonialism
97% 544/563
Human Rights
88% 683/773
Economic Dev.
93% 457/491
Disarmament
95% 743/779
Overall
93% 5701/6132

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Bangladesh Tunisia Y / N / A
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain non_voting 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
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
abstain yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
no non_voting 104 / 54 / 29
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/76/234
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2021
yes abstain 78 / 53 / 32
A/RES/78/237
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context …
2023
yes non_voting 104 / 53 / 7
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes abstain 127 / 52 / 6
A/RES/62/145
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2007
yes abstain 127 / 52 / 6
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
non_voting abstain 59 / 51 / 29

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
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
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
abstain 79 / 60 / 33