Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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.
|
German Democratic Republic |
| Czechoslovakia |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
1743
|
1
|
3
|
| No |
—
|
234
|
1
|
| Abstain |
2
|
—
|
198
|
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.
Nuclear/Arms
100%
249/250
Economic Dev.
99%
260/262
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
Czechoslovakia |
German Democratic Republic |
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/34/40
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
|
abstain |
non_voting |
62 /
31 /
45
|
|
A/RES/37/183
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adop…
1982
|
yes |
abstain |
85 /
17 /
41
|
|
A/42/806
In-depth study of the united Na tions in tergovernmen tal structure and functio…
1987
|
abstain |
yes |
64 /
15 /
57
|
|
A/RES/37/138
Financing of the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres of the Econo…
1982
|
no |
abstain |
113 /
14 /
16
|
|
A/RES/37/95B
Reduction of military budgets : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
|
non_voting |
no |
96 /
13 /
9
|
|
A/RES/38/38
Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted…
1983
|
non_voting |
no |
80 /
11 /
7
|
|
A/RES/35/10B
Summary records for meetings of subsidary organs of the General Assembly : reso…
1980
|
yes |
abstain |
74 /
6 /
23
|
|
A/RES/31/5[B]
Financing of the United Nations Emergency Force and of the United Nations Disen…
1976
|
yes |
non_voting |
112 /
2 /
0
|
|
31/98
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
|
yes |
no |
99 /
1 /
0
|
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/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/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
|
no |
61 /
43 /
31
|
|
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
no |
56 /
42 /
34
|
|
A/4l/727
1986
|
yes |
77 /
40 /
16
|
|
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violations of huma…
1980
|
no |
57 /
39 /
46
|
