Voting Comparison

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

vs
3751 shared votes
49%
agreement
1847 agreed · 1904 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
Cyprus Yes No Abstain
Yes 1808 298 253
No 431 2 29
Abstain 517 38 36

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% 481/530
Nuclear/Arms
30% 95/312
Colonialism
74% 246/334
Human Rights
39% 209/537
Economic Dev.
58% 129/223
Disarmament
38% 170/445
Overall
49% 1847/3751

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Cyprus Democratic People's Republic of Korea Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1994
yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/48/124
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1993
yes 101 / 51 / 17
A/RES/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the…
1995
yes 93 / 51 / 3
A/RES/47/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1992
yes 99 / 45 / 16
A/RES/49/40
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the…
1994
yes 113 / 44 / 6
A/RES/80/24
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025
abstain 114 / 44 / 19
A/RES/78/53
Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2023
abstain 121 / 44 / 17