Voting Comparison

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

vs
2830 shared votes
42%
agreement
1188 agreed · 1642 diverged
2830 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.

Cameroon
Switzerland Yes No Abstain
Yes 1054 1 661
No 374 6
Abstain 410 133

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
26% 74/290
Nuclear/Arms
46% 103/225
Colonialism
47% 94/202
Human Rights
28% 103/372
Economic Dev.
60% 103/172
Disarmament
56% 169/302
Overall
42% 1188/2830

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Switzerland Cameroon Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no abstain 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
no yes 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
no yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
no yes 122 / 56 / 0

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2003
abstain 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/78/230
Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the United Nations …
2023
yes 111 / 46 / 10
A/RES/73/50
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2018
yes 125 / 40 / 18
A/RES/80/39
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmam…
2025
yes 130 / 39 / 12
A/RES/74/47
Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world : resolution / adopted by the General…
2019
abstain 135 / 37 / 13
A/RES/75/73
Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world : resolution / adopted by the General…
2020
abstain 134 / 37 / 14
A/RES/76/25
Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world : resolution / adopted by the General…
2021
abstain 135 / 37 / 14