Voting Comparison

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

vs
7719 shared votes
32%
agreement
2487 agreed · 5232 diverged
7719 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
Brazil Yes No Abstain
Yes 2266 3382 1133
No 23 55 12
Abstain 237 376 126

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
7% 65/896
Nuclear/Arms
14% 80/579
Colonialism
4% 25/563
Human Rights
16% 125/773
Economic Dev.
14% 67/491
Disarmament
20% 159/779
Overall
32% 2487/7719

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Brazil United States of America Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
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 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
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12

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/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
no 131 / 56 / 0
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no 130 / 55 / 1
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
no 125 / 55 / 8
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no 131 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
no 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2019
no 136 / 55 / 0
A/RES/75/177
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by a…
2020
no 130 / 55 / 1