Voting Comparison

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

vs
3603 shared votes
70%
agreement
2527 agreed · 1076 diverged
3603 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.

Yugoslavia
Cameroon Yes No Abstain
Yes 2463 43 114
No 6 5 1
Abstain 169 16 33

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
58% 366/626
Nuclear/Arms
66% 243/366
Colonialism
59% 219/371
Human Rights
50% 209/419
Economic Dev.
78% 253/325
Disarmament
65% 321/494
Overall
70% 2527/3603

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Cameroon Yugoslavia Y / N / A
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/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
yes non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
yes non_voting 91 / 57 / 21
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes no 116 / 55 / 7
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
yes no 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/57/213
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2002
yes no 116 / 55 / 7
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2002
yes no 122 / 55 / 1
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
abstain yes 67 / 54 / 46
32/97
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 100 / 54 / 15
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for …
1985
yes no 114 / 54 / 15

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/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
abstain 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/2113(XX)[B]
Credentials of representatives to the 19th and 20th sessions of the General Assembly : re…
1965
yes 53 / 42 / 9
A/4l/727
1986
no 77 / 40 / 16