Voting Comparison

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

vs
3174 shared votes
21%
agreement
653 agreed · 2521 diverged
3174 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.

United States of America
Czechoslovakia Yes No Abstain
Yes 441 1092 742
No 286 99 27
Abstain 210 134 97

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
9% 39/420
Nuclear/Arms
16% 45/288
Colonialism
6% 15/258
Human Rights
9% 24/258
Economic Dev.
14% 39/282
Disarmament
15% 55/360
Overall
21% 653/3174

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Czechoslovakia United States of America 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/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain no 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes no 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

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/47/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1992
no 99 / 45 / 16
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/47/116F
Policies of apartheid of the government of South Africa : relations between South Africa …
1993
no 93 / 39 / 23
A/47/645
Activities of those foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation …
1992
no 95 / 34 / 0
A/RES/46/64
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation …
1991
no 109 / 34 / 16
A/RES/47/15
Activities of those foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation …
1992
no 95 / 34 / 12
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no 101 / 33 / 0