Voting Comparison

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

vs
6654 shared votes
21%
agreement
1370 agreed · 5284 diverged
6654 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.

United States of America
Cameroon Yes No Abstain
Yes 1240 2856 1071
No 10 3 2
Abstain 267 719 119

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
11% 96/896
Nuclear/Arms
15% 88/579
Colonialism
6% 31/563
Human Rights
8% 65/773
Economic Dev.
14% 67/491
Disarmament
20% 159/779
Overall
21% 1370/6654

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Cameroon United States of America 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
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
non_voting no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
abstain yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
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
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
yes 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1967
yes 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
yes 73 / 47 / 5
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes 56 / 42 / 34
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / …
1982
yes 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/56/175
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2001
abstain 79 / 37 / 48
A/RES/1668(XVI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1961
yes 61 / 34 / 7
A/RES/2647(XXV)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the General A…
1970
yes 49 / 33 / 10