Voting Comparison

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

vs
3752 shared votes
82%
agreement
3087 agreed · 665 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.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Cuba Yes No Abstain
Yes 2737 77 176
No 1 185 6
Abstain 13 72 129

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
95% 506/530
Nuclear/Arms
66% 206/312
Colonialism
95% 318/334
Human Rights
90% 481/537
Economic Dev.
88% 197/223
Disarmament
74% 330/445
Overall
82% 3087/3752

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Cuba Democratic People's Republic of Korea Y / N / A
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
abstain no 104 / 54 / 29
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
abstain no 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
abstain no 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/72/59
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2017
yes abstain 123 / 50 / 10
A/RES/74/68
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2019
yes abstain 118 / 50 / 15
A/RES/75/75
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2020
yes abstain 120 / 50 / 14
A/RES/76/56
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2021
yes abstain 125 / 50 / 13
A/RES/76/27
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2021
yes abstain 125 / 50 / 14
A/RES/77/82
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2022
yes abstain 116 / 50 / 15
A/RES/78/55
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2023
yes abstain 120 / 50 / 14
A/RES/80/37
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025
yes abstain 117 / 50 / 11
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes abstain 123 / 50 / 10

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/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
yes 94 / 71 / 23
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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
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