Voting Comparison

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

vs
5709 shared votes
89%
agreement
5099 agreed · 610 diverged
5709 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.

Viet Nam
Cuba Yes No Abstain
Yes 4697 1 51
No 33 173 57
Abstain 157 8 181

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
98% 872/891
Nuclear/Arms
91% 519/572
Colonialism
97% 531/548
Human Rights
93% 706/760
Economic Dev.
86% 406/473
Disarmament
87% 676/773
Overall
89% 5099/5709

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Cuba Viet Nam Y / N / A
A/RES/58/43
Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context : resoluti…
2003
yes non_voting 73 / 48 / 46
A/RES/49/75F
1995 Review and Extension Conference of States Parties to the Treaty on the Non…
1994
abstain yes 103 / 40 / 25
A/RES/51/30I
Emergency Assistance to the Sudan
1996
yes non_voting 103 / 34 / 15
A/RES/59/280
United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the Gener…
2005
no non_voting 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/34/219[I]
Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
yes non_voting 101 / 33 / 1
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1986
no non_voting 61 / 32 / 42
A/RES/36/235XVII
Access to the language training programme by accredited staff of permanent miss…
1981
yes non_voting 95 / 32 / 11
A/RES/33/39
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1978
yes non_voting 59 / 31 / 44
A/RES/67/202
Entrepreneurship for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
no non_voting 141 / 31 / 11
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
no yes 133 / 30 / 7
A/RES/40/141
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1985
no non_voting 53 / 30 / 45
A/RES/79/201
Entrepreneurship for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the Gene…
2024
no yes 146 / 30 / 7

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
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/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