Voting Comparison

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

vs
2990 shared votes
98%
agreement
2932 agreed · 58 diverged
2990 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.

Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria Yes No Abstain
Yes 2191 1 13
No 354 4
Abstain 10 1 369

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
98% 411/420
Nuclear/Arms
98% 283/288
Colonialism
97% 251/258
Human Rights
97% 249/258
Economic Dev.
98% 275/282
Disarmament
99% 356/360
Overall
98% 2932/2990

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Y / N / A
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
non_voting abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
non_voting abstain 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
non_voting abstain 58 / 35 / 46
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1986
abstain non_voting 61 / 32 / 42
A/RES/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
non_voting abstain 62 / 31 / 45
A/RES/45/151
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1991
no abstain 111 / 29 / 11
A/RES/37/125A
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of expenses of the United Nations : …
1982
abstain yes 110 / 26 / 7
A/RES/45/83B
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1990
abstain no 84 / 23 / 41
A/RES/42/136
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1987
abstain non_voting 64 / 22 / 45
57/69
General and complete disarmament
2002
yes no 78 / 21 / 42
A/RES/2896(XXVI)
Mural commemorating the World Youth Assembly : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
1971
no abstain 75 / 17 / 26
A/RES/1604(XV)
Report of the Director of the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in…
1961
yes abstain 37 / 17 / 38

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/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1965
no 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1967
no 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1966
no 66 / 48 / 7
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
no 73 / 47 / 5