Voting Comparison

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

vs
28%
agreement
895 agreed · 2358 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)
Democratic Republic of the Congo Yes No Abstain
Yes 590 453 238
No 25 3 2
Abstain 112 37 28

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
10% 53/530
Nuclear/Arms
21% 65/312
Colonialism
19% 63/334
Human Rights
12% 66/537
Economic Dev.
38% 84/223
Disarmament
28% 125/445
Overall
28% 895/3253

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Democratic Republic of the Congo 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
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
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
non_voting no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain 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
abstain no 94 / 59 / 33

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/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies :…
2008
non_voting 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/73/159
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the …
2018
no 129 / 53 / 10
A/RES/78/237
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of interna…
2023
non_voting 104 / 53 / 7
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
A/RES/62/161
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
yes 136 / 53 / 0
34/131
Question of Guam
1979
yes 136 / 53 / 0
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no 129 / 53 / 10