Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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.
|
Luxembourg |
| Canada |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
3176
|
15
|
246
|
| No |
289
|
979
|
259
|
| Abstain |
274
|
165
|
1287
|
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.
Economic Dev.
79%
386/491
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Canada |
Luxembourg |
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/51/39
The role of science and technology in the context of international security and…
1996
|
abstain |
no |
105 /
39 /
24
|
|
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organizatio…
2025
|
yes |
no |
118 /
36 /
11
|
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
|
