Voting Comparison

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

vs
5322 shared votes
83%
agreement
4432 agreed · 890 diverged
5322 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.

Zimbabwe
Cuba Yes No Abstain
Yes 4158 9 66
No 71 148 36
Abstain 216 24 107

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
91% 782/859
Nuclear/Arms
76% 417/546
Colonialism
92% 466/506
Human Rights
87% 626/718
Economic Dev.
80% 343/431
Disarmament
74% 552/751
Overall
83% 4432/5322

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Cuba Zimbabwe Y / N / A
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes non_voting 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/56/152
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2001
yes non_voting 100 / 54 / 15
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/56/151
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2001
yes non_voting 109 / 53 / 6
A/RES/77/183
Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developm…
2022
yes non_voting 123 / 51 / 0
A/RES/56/148
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2001
yes non_voting 114 / 51 / 2
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes abstain 118 / 50 / 15
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/76/27
Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2021
yes abstain 125 / 50 / 14

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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33