Voting Comparison

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

vs
1631 shared votes
24%
agreement
395 agreed · 1236 diverged
1631 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.

South Sudan
Switzerland Yes No Abstain
Yes 320 13 241
No 91 16
Abstain 123 9 68

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
18% 24/137
Nuclear/Arms
17% 21/121
Colonialism
29% 29/99
Human Rights
22% 41/185
Economic Dev.
26% 27/103
Disarmament
18% 27/154
Overall
24% 395/1631

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Switzerland South Sudan 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
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no non_voting 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/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 non_voting 122 / 56 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/74/154
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2019
no non_voting 135 / 55 / 0
A/RES/74/159
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2019
no non_voting 136 / 55 / 0
A/RES/75/177
Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human r…
2020
no yes 130 / 55 / 1
A/RES/75/178
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2020
no yes 125 / 55 / 8
A/RES/76/162
Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2021
no yes 131 / 55 / 0

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain 128 / 54 / 7
A/RES/67/159
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the …
2012
abstain 128 / 54 / 7
A/RES/78/21
No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2023
abstain 127 / 51 / 6
A/RES/78/190
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2023
abstain 118 / 49 / 14
A/RES/78/238
Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution…
2023
abstain 110 / 49 / 8
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain 118 / 49 / 14