Voting Comparison

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

vs
3596 shared votes
40%
agreement
1456 agreed · 2140 diverged
3596 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.

Cameroon
Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes No Abstain
Yes 1261 1 682
No 448
Abstain 434 147

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
36% 182/502
Nuclear/Arms
32% 97/301
Colonialism
42% 135/319
Human Rights
28% 148/526
Economic Dev.
51% 109/215
Disarmament
44% 191/431
Overall
40% 1456/3596

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Bosnia and Herzegovina Cameroon Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
non_voting yes 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no yes 97 / 57 / 14
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
no yes 97 / 57 / 14

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
abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/63/171
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
non_voting 86 / 53 / 42
A/RES/51/140
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the…
1996
yes 107 / 49 / 4
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for improving …
1985
abstain 57 / 45 / 59
A/RES/51/103
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1996
abstain 57 / 45 / 59
A/RES/47/116D
Policies of apartheid of the government of South Africa : oil embargo against South Afric…
1993
yes 93 / 39 / 23