Voting Comparison

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

vs
4871 shared votes
95%
agreement
4635 agreed · 236 diverged
4871 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.

Bangladesh
Brunei Darussalam Yes No Abstain
Yes 4384 38
No 4 75 17
Abstain 59 15 174

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
99% 726/733
Nuclear/Arms
96% 436/453
Colonialism
99% 432/436
Human Rights
95% 618/650
Economic Dev.
94% 324/345
Disarmament
95% 606/641
Overall
95% 4635/4871

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Brunei Darussalam Bangladesh Y / N / A
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes abstain 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes abstain 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
yes non_voting 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
abstain no 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
abstain no 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes non_voting 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/53/77H
Regional disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1998
yes abstain 63 / 44 / 47
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
yes abstain 66 / 38 / 41
A/RES/62/169
Situation of human rights in Belarus : resolution / adopted by the General Asse…
2007
abstain no 72 / 33 / 78
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1986
no abstain 61 / 32 / 42
A/RES/79/179
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2024
no abstain 130 / 32 / 22

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/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10