Voting Comparison

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

vs
6025 shared votes
79%
agreement
4785 agreed · 1240 diverged
6025 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.

Cabo Verde
Brazil Yes No Abstain
Yes 4692 2 106
No 51 7
Abstain 419 5 76

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
84% 757/896
Nuclear/Arms
78% 454/579
Colonialism
88% 497/563
Human Rights
78% 605/773
Economic Dev.
82% 403/491
Disarmament
77% 602/779
Overall
79% 4785/6025

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Brazil Cabo Verde Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain yes 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain 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
abstain no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
abstain yes 91 / 59 / 10
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
no yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
yes non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Tr…
1984
abstain yes 106 / 55 / 19

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
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
yes 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 97 / 57 / 14
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1994
yes 97 / 57 / 14