Voting Comparison

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

vs
2990 shared votes
98%
agreement
2932 agreed · 58 diverged
2990 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.

Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2191 10
No 1 354 1
Abstain 13 4 369

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
98% 411/420
Nuclear/Arms
98% 283/288
Colonialism
97% 251/258
Human Rights
97% 249/258
Economic Dev.
98% 275/282
Disarmament
99% 356/360
Overall
98% 2932/2990

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Y / N / A
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain non_voting 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
abstain non_voting 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
abstain non_voting 58 / 35 / 46
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1986
non_voting abstain 61 / 32 / 42
A/RES/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
abstain non_voting 62 / 31 / 45
A/RES/45/151
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1991
abstain no 111 / 29 / 11
A/RES/37/125A
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of expenses of the United Nations : …
1982
yes abstain 110 / 26 / 7
A/RES/45/83B
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1990
no abstain 84 / 23 / 41
A/RES/42/136
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1987
non_voting abstain 64 / 22 / 45
57/69
General and complete disarmament
2002
no yes 78 / 21 / 42
A/RES/2896(XXVI)
Mural commemorating the World Youth Assembly : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
1971
abstain no 75 / 17 / 26
A/RES/1604(XV)
Report of the Director of the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in…
1961
abstain yes 37 / 17 / 38

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/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1965
no 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1967
no 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1966
no 66 / 48 / 7
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
no 73 / 47 / 5