Voting Comparison

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

vs
6100 shared votes
87%
agreement
5293 agreed · 807 diverged
6100 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.

Barbados
Bahamas Yes No Abstain
Yes 4996 3 70
No 1 24 2
Abstain 238 9 205

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
81% 722/896
Nuclear/Arms
90% 522/580
Colonialism
86% 482/563
Human Rights
85% 655/773
Economic Dev.
89% 437/491
Disarmament
91% 709/779
Overall
87% 5293/6100

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Bahamas Barbados 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
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 80 / 61 / 42
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
abstain yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
yes abstain 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/76/234
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2021
non_voting abstain 78 / 53 / 32
A/RES/77/96
Promoting international cooperation on peaceful uses in the context of internat…
2022
non_voting abstain 94 / 53 / 28
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2024
abstain yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
yes abstain 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/80/20
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2025
yes non_voting 123 / 52 / 5
A/RES/79/293
International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures : resolution / adopted b…
2025
abstain yes 116 / 51 / 6
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribu…
2025
abstain yes 119 / 51 / 10

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
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
abstain 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
abstain 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain 94 / 59 / 33