Voting Comparison

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

vs
4916 shared votes
64%
agreement
3146 agreed · 1770 diverged
4916 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.

Antigua and Barbuda
Central African Republic Yes No Abstain
Yes 2804 13 77
No 20 2
Abstain 184 9 91

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
41% 346/835
Nuclear/Arms
69% 365/528
Colonialism
52% 254/490
Human Rights
51% 355/700
Economic Dev.
68% 278/411
Disarmament
69% 502/732
Overall
64% 3146/4916

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Central African Republic Antigua and Barbuda Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
non_voting yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes abstain 79 / 67 / 40
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/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
non_voting abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
non_voting abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
non_voting yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
non_voting yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
non_voting yes 91 / 57 / 21

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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 124 / 56 / 4
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
yes 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2006
yes 124 / 56 / 4
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Training and…
1984
yes 106 / 55 / 19
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 125 / 55 / 6