Voting Comparison

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

vs
6691 shared votes
80%
agreement
5375 agreed · 1316 diverged
6691 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.

El Salvador
Costa Rica Yes No Abstain
Yes 5003 15 214
No 16 35 41
Abstain 232 18 224

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
69% 617/896
Nuclear/Arms
85% 494/579
Colonialism
76% 428/563
Human Rights
77% 598/773
Economic Dev.
80% 394/491
Disarmament
86% 670/779
Overall
80% 5375/6691

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Costa Rica El Salvador Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 80 / 61 / 42
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
abstain yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
non_voting yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
yes non_voting 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
abstain yes 109 / 56 / 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/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
no 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
abstain 79 / 60 / 33
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1994
abstain 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1995
abstain 91 / 57 / 21
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 124 / 56 / 4
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 56 / 0