Voting Comparison

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

vs
6758 shared votes
16%
agreement
1053 agreed · 5705 diverged
6758 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.

United States of America
Belarus Yes No Abstain
Yes 818 3223 1094
No 467 98 39
Abstain 306 447 119

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
5% 44/896
Nuclear/Arms
14% 79/579
Colonialism
4% 20/563
Human Rights
7% 57/773
Economic Dev.
11% 56/491
Disarmament
17% 132/779
Overall
16% 1053/6758

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Belarus United States of America Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
abstain no 91 / 59 / 10
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 124 / 56 / 4

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/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
no 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
no 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no 97 / 57 / 14
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1994
no 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1995
no 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/48/124
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1993
no 101 / 51 / 17
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the…
1995
no 93 / 51 / 3