Voting Comparison

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

vs
3179 shared votes
31%
agreement
975 agreed · 2204 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
Czechoslovakia Yes No Abstain
Yes 738 600 932
No 296 68 45
Abstain 213 75 154

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
51% 216/420
Nuclear/Arms
24% 68/288
Colonialism
27% 69/258
Human Rights
26% 66/258
Economic Dev.
24% 69/282
Disarmament
27% 98/360
Overall
31% 975/3179

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Czechoslovakia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no yes 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
no yes 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1965
no yes 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1969
no yes 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1967
no yes 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1966
no yes 66 / 48 / 7
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1968
no yes 73 / 47 / 5
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes abstain 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no yes 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 56 / 42 / 34

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/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/47/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1992
no 99 / 45 / 16
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
abstain 54 / 42 / 46
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/46/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1992
no 102 / 40 / 13
A/RES/47/116D
Policies of apartheid of the government of South Africa : oil embargo against South Afric…
1993
abstain 93 / 39 / 23
A/RES/47/116F
Policies of apartheid of the government of South Africa : relations between South Africa …
1993
no 93 / 39 / 23
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
abstain 58 / 35 / 46