Voting Comparison

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

vs
2209 shared votes
99%
agreement
2188 agreed · 21 diverged
2209 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.

German Democratic Republic
Belarus Yes No Abstain
Yes 1745 1 1
No 232 1
Abstain 3 1 198

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
100% 339/339
Nuclear/Arms
100% 250/250
Colonialism
98% 210/214
Human Rights
99% 224/226
Economic Dev.
100% 261/262
Disarmament
100% 318/318
Overall
99% 2188/2209

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Belarus German Democratic Republic Y / N / A
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
yes non_voting 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes non_voting 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
yes non_voting 58 / 35 / 46
A/RES/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
yes non_voting 62 / 31 / 45
A/RES/37/183
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adop…
1982
yes abstain 85 / 17 / 41
A/42/806
In-depth study of the united Na tions in tergovernmen tal structure and functio…
1987
abstain yes 64 / 15 / 57
A/RES/37/138
Financing of the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres of the Econo…
1982
no abstain 113 / 14 / 16
A/RES/3197(XXVIII)
Working Capital Fund for the biennium 1974-1975 : resolution / adopted by the G…
1973
non_voting no 114 / 10 / 0
57/60
Question of Palestine
2002
abstain no 124 / 9 / 0
A/RES/3196(XXVIII)
Unforeseen and extraordinary expenses for the biennium 1974-1975 : resolution /…
1973
non_voting no 111 / 9 / 3
A/RES/3195(XXVIII)[A]
Budget appropriations for the biennium 1974-1975 : resolution / adopted by the …
1973
non_voting no 106 / 8 / 7
A/RES/31/5[B]
Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disen…
1976
yes non_voting 112 / 2 / 0

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/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 56 / 42 / 34
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
no 57 / 39 / 46