Voting Comparison

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

vs
5794 shared votes
82%
agreement
4749 agreed · 1045 diverged
5794 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.

Suriname
Plurinational State of Bolivia Yes No Abstain
Yes 4597 6 107
No 21 3 49
Abstain 163 5 99

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
80% 714/896
Nuclear/Arms
87% 506/579
Colonialism
82% 462/563
Human Rights
79% 610/773
Economic Dev.
87% 429/491
Disarmament
88% 682/779
Overall
82% 4749/5794

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Plurinational State of Bolivia Suriname Y / N / A
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
abstain yes 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
abstain yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
non_voting yes 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain yes 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/80/205
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
non_voting yes 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/80/208
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2025
non_voting yes 119 / 55 / 7
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes abstain 68 / 54 / 51

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
yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33