Voting Comparison

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

vs
6159 shared votes
81%
agreement
4979 agreed · 1180 diverged
6159 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.

Germany
Canada Yes No Abstain
Yes 2772 16 279
No 266 978 216
Abstain 189 184 1213

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
74% 661/896
Nuclear/Arms
87% 502/580
Colonialism
77% 431/563
Human Rights
77% 598/773
Economic Dev.
78% 385/491
Disarmament
88% 685/779
Overall
81% 4979/6159

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Canada Germany Y / N / A
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain no 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/58/43
Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context : resoluti…
2003
abstain no 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
no abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/71/223
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Ag…
2016
abstain no 134 / 44 / 7
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) o…
1994
abstain no 78 / 43 / 38
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/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
no abstain 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
abstain yes 56 / 42 / 34
57/60
Question of Palestine
2002
abstain no 111 / 41 / 12
A/RES/52/40C
Role of the UN in disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1997
abstain no 111 / 41 / 12
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organizatio…
2025
yes no 118 / 36 / 11
A/RES/80/49
Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Dis…
2025
abstain no 135 / 36 / 9

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