Voting Comparison

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

vs
6792 shared votes
82%
agreement
5543 agreed · 1249 diverged
6792 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.

Australia
Canada Yes No Abstain
Yes 3262 20 203
No 119 1090 319
Abstain 457 104 1180

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
79% 710/896
Nuclear/Arms
82% 474/580
Colonialism
75% 422/563
Human Rights
84% 651/773
Economic Dev.
83% 408/491
Disarmament
85% 661/779
Overall
82% 5543/6792

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Canada Australia Y / N / A
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no abstain 132 / 47 / 5
A/RES/67/217
Towards a new international economic order : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2012
no abstain 132 / 47 / 5
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no abstain 129 / 46 / 13
A/RES/59/178
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2004
no abstain 129 / 46 / 13
A/RES/48/78
Israeli nuclear armament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1993
no abstain 53 / 45 / 65
A/RES/80/54
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2025
no abstain 119 / 45 / 12
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no abstain 119 / 44 / 13
A/RES/77/54
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2022
no abstain 119 / 44 / 13
A/RES/79/38
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2024
no abstain 127 / 44 / 13
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no abstain 123 / 43 / 17
A/RES/52/33
The role of science and technology in the context of international security and…
1997
abstain no 103 / 43 / 19
A/RES/78/35
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2023
no abstain 123 / 43 / 17

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
no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33