Voting Comparison

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

vs
6537 shared votes
36%
agreement
2344 agreed · 4193 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.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Congo Yes No Abstain
Yes 2282 1578 1343
No 54 2 2
Abstain 257 15 46

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
48% 433/896
Nuclear/Arms
21% 121/580
Colonialism
25% 142/563
Human Rights
21% 165/773
Economic Dev.
31% 151/491
Disarmament
33% 256/779
Overall
36% 2344/6537

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Congo United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
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
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

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/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
yes 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the…
1995
no 93 / 51 / 3
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
yes 106 / 46 / 34
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for improving …
1985
yes 111 / 41 / 34
A/RES/65/206
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 109 / 41 / 35
A/RES/67/176
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
yes 111 / 41 / 34
A/RES/71/187
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2016
yes 117 / 40 / 31
32/100
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 123 / 38 / 24