Voting Comparison

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

vs
5429 shared votes
81%
agreement
4391 agreed · 1038 diverged
5429 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.

Zimbabwe
China Yes No Abstain
Yes 4091 5 86
No 49 149 35
Abstain 345 32 100

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
92% 790/859
Nuclear/Arms
62% 336/546
Colonialism
91% 462/506
Human Rights
87% 623/718
Economic Dev.
79% 340/431
Disarmament
68% 507/751
Overall
81% 4391/5429

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution China Zimbabwe Y / N / A
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes non_voting 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain yes 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
abstain yes 109 / 56 / 10
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain yes 109 / 55 / 15
A/RES/62/24
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2007
abstain yes 109 / 55 / 15
A/RES/56/152
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2001
yes non_voting 100 / 54 / 15
A/RES/56/151
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2001
yes non_voting 109 / 53 / 6
A/RES/68/35
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20…
2013
abstain yes 120 / 53 / 9
57/229
Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Pr…
2002
abstain yes 118 / 52 / 13
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
abstain yes 117 / 52 / 12
A/RES/61/85
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
abstain yes 118 / 52 / 13
A/RES/62/32
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
abstain yes 117 / 52 / 12

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
yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33