Voting Comparison

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

vs
1630 shared votes
25%
agreement
402 agreed · 1228 diverged
1630 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.

South Sudan
Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes No Abstain
Yes 318 8 226
No 106 22
Abstain 106 13 74

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
17% 23/137
Nuclear/Arms
17% 20/121
Colonialism
27% 27/99
Human Rights
23% 43/185
Economic Dev.
31% 32/103
Disarmament
18% 28/154
Overall
25% 402/1630

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Bosnia and Herzegovina South Sudan 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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
no yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
no non_voting 122 / 56 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2019
no non_voting 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
no non_voting 136 / 55 / 0
A/RES/75/177
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human r…
2020
no yes 130 / 55 / 1
A/RES/75/178
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2020
no yes 125 / 55 / 8
A/RES/76/162
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2021
no yes 131 / 55 / 0

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/73/240
Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2018
non_voting 133 / 48 / 5
A/RES/73/227
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 an…
2018
non_voting 135 / 47 / 3
A/RES/73/27
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of interna…
2018
yes 119 / 46 / 14
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 119 / 46 / 14
A/RES/78/35
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2023
abstain 123 / 43 / 17
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain 123 / 43 / 17