Voting Comparison

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

vs
4831 shared votes
91%
agreement
4411 agreed · 420 diverged
4831 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.

Djibouti
Brunei Darussalam Yes No Abstain
Yes 4278 6 44
No 13 26 41
Abstain 82 8 101

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
98% 720/733
Nuclear/Arms
95% 432/453
Colonialism
98% 426/436
Human Rights
84% 545/650
Economic Dev.
92% 317/345
Disarmament
94% 600/641
Overall
91% 4411/4831

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Brunei Darussalam Djibouti Y / N / A
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes abstain 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes abstain 86 / 64 / 26
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/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
no abstain 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
abstain non_voting 69 / 54 / 57
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
abstain yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
abstain no 73 / 53 / 55
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no abstain 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
no abstain 135 / 53 / 1

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
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
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 96 / 58 / 12