Voting Comparison

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

vs
3592 shared votes
34%
agreement
1235 agreed · 2357 diverged

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.

Micronesia (Federated States of)
Côte d'Ivoire Yes No Abstain
Yes 1090 807 545
No 4 1 2
Abstain 158 232 83

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
14% 74/530
Nuclear/Arms
29% 92/312
Colonialism
25% 82/334
Human Rights
16% 87/537
Economic Dev.
55% 122/223
Disarmament
46% 204/445
Overall
34% 1235/3592

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Côte d'Ivoire Micronesia (Federated States of) Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12

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
yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2000
yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
yes 104 / 54 / 29
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/65/223
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2010
non_voting 126 / 54 / 5
A/RES/61/169
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
yes 134 / 53 / 0
40/230
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1985
yes 134 / 53 / 0