Voting Comparison

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

vs
5253 shared votes
80%
agreement
4196 agreed · 1057 diverged
5253 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.

Belize
Bahamas Yes No Abstain
Yes 3957 10 74
No 4 18 2
Abstain 153 8 117

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
71% 598/837
Nuclear/Arms
80% 426/530
Colonialism
78% 380/490
Human Rights
80% 562/700
Economic Dev.
70% 290/415
Disarmament
80% 583/733
Overall
80% 4196/5253

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Bahamas Belize Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain no 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
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes no 97 / 57 / 14
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
yes no 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
yes no 91 / 57 / 21

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/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
abstain 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
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
yes 96 / 58 / 12
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 124 / 56 / 4
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 56 / 0