Voting Comparison

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

4815 shared votes

14%

agreement

654 agreed · 4161 diverged

4815 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.

How often each combination of positions occurred across all shared votes.

green = same position amber = different position

Agreement rate per issue area (Voeten dataset, GA resolutions only). Dashed line shows overall agreement rate.

Middle East

5% 38/733

Nuclear/Arms

14% 62/453

Colonialism

3% 11/436

Human Rights

8% 52/650

Economic Dev.

6% 22/345

Disarmament

20% 129/641

Overall

14% 654/4815

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

Resolution	Brunei Darussalam	United States of America	Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144 Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb… 2013	yes	no	94 / 71 / 23
40/233 Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador 1985	yes	no	79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224 Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2010	yes	no	79 / 67 / 40
39/192 Question of the United States Virgin Islands 1984	yes	no	86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166 Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol… 2006	yes	no	86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230 Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As… 2002	no	yes	80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156 Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2010	yes	no	80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247 Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal … 2019	yes	no	79 / 60 / 33
39/192 Question of the United States Virgin Islands 1984	yes	no	91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168 Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the … 1999	yes	no	91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/73/187 Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal … 2018	yes	no	94 / 59 / 33
31/127 Emergency assistance for South African refugee students 1976	yes	no	94 / 59 / 33

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution	Both voted	Y / N / A
A/RES/62/149 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2007	no	104 / 54 / 29
32/98 Assistance to Botswana 1977	no	131 / 53 / 7
32/99 Assistance to Cape Verde 1977	no	135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/63/168 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2008	no	106 / 46 / 34
40/229 Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for improving … 1985	no	111 / 41 / 34
A/RES/65/206 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2010	no	109 / 41 / 35
A/RES/67/176 Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2012	no	111 / 41 / 34
A/4l/727 1986	yes	77 / 40 / 16