Voting Comparison

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

vs
2982 shared votes
97%
agreement
2894 agreed · 88 diverged
2982 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.

Hungary
Czechoslovakia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2160 16
No 2 353 2
Abstain 16 4 362

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
97% 409/420
Nuclear/Arms
97% 280/288
Colonialism
98% 254/258
Human Rights
97% 250/258
Economic Dev.
96% 272/282
Disarmament
99% 355/360
Overall
97% 2894/2982

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Czechoslovakia Hungary Y / N / A
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes non_voting 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/2587(XXIV)
Commission on the Status of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1969
abstain yes 48 / 30 / 31
A/RES/45/151
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1991
abstain no 111 / 29 / 11
A/RES/47/69F
Resumption of ration distribution to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted …
1992
abstain no 103 / 24 / 14
A/RES/44/147
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1989
yes abstain 113 / 23 / 11
A/RES/44/215
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against develop…
1989
yes non_voting 118 / 23 / 2
A/RES/44/40B
The situation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1989
yes abstain 84 / 22 / 49
A/RES/46/87
Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determi…
1992
no abstain 113 / 22 / 24
57/69
General and complete disarmament
2002
no yes 78 / 21 / 42
A/RES/46/52
Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relati…
1991
abstain no 117 / 20 / 17
A/RES/43/187
International Conference on Money and Finance : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1989
yes non_voting 127 / 19 / 5
A/RES/44/22
The situation in Kampuchea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1989
no non_voting 124 / 17 / 12

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