Voting Comparison

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

vs
6568 shared votes
84%
agreement
5523 agreed · 1045 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.

Lao People's Democratic Republic
Cuba Yes No Abstain
Yes 5172 1 96
No 69 122 128
Abstain 306 6 172

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% 867/896
Nuclear/Arms
88% 512/579
Colonialism
97% 545/563
Human Rights
89% 688/773
Economic Dev.
86% 422/491
Disarmament
82% 642/779
Overall
84% 5523/6568

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Cuba Lao People's Democratic Republic Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes abstain 94 / 71 / 23
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no non_voting 80 / 62 / 33
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no abstain 68 / 54 / 51
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no abstain 137 / 54 / 0
A/RES/58/195
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2003
no abstain 68 / 54 / 51
A/RES/59/205
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2004
no abstain 71 / 54 / 55
A/RES/63/191
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2008
no abstain 69 / 54 / 57
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no abstain 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/62/168
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2007
no abstain 73 / 53 / 55
A/RES/76/151
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2021
yes non_voting 128 / 52 / 6
A/RES/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
1970
no yes 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/60/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2005
no abstain 75 / 50 / 43

Agreements on Contested Votes

Resolutions where both sides voted the same way despite significant opposition from others.

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33