Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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.
|
Bulgaria |
| German Democratic Republic |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
1737
|
—
|
5
|
| No |
2
|
231
|
—
|
| Abstain |
2
|
2
|
198
|
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.
Nuclear/Arms
100%
249/250
Economic Dev.
98%
257/262
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
German Democratic Republic |
Bulgaria |
Y / N / A |
|
A/RES/41/159
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1986
|
non_voting |
abstain |
61 /
32 /
42
|
|
A/RES/37/125A
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of expenses of the United Nations : …
1982
|
yes |
abstain |
110 /
26 /
7
|
|
A/RES/42/136
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1987
|
non_voting |
abstain |
64 /
22 /
45
|
|
57/69
General and complete disarmament
2002
|
no |
yes |
78 /
21 /
42
|
|
A/RES/37/183
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Chile : resolution / adop…
1982
|
abstain |
yes |
85 /
17 /
41
|
|
A/RES/37/138
Financing of the Multinational Programming and Operational Centres of the Econo…
1982
|
abstain |
no |
113 /
14 /
16
|
|
A/RES/34/13
Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle…
1979
|
yes |
non_voting |
71 /
14 /
13
|
|
A/RES/36/138C
Financing of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by …
1982
|
no |
non_voting |
90 /
12 /
3
|
|
A/RES/35/115A
Financing the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by…
1980
|
no |
non_voting |
89 /
12 /
1
|
|
A/RES/35/115B
Financing the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by…
1980
|
no |
non_voting |
88 /
12 /
2
|
|
A/RES/43/171A
Good neighbourliness between States : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1988
|
abstain |
no |
67 /
9 /
65
|
|
A/RES/35/113
Financial emergency of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General…
1980
|
no |
non_voting |
64 /
8 /
9
|
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/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia in…
1974
|
no |
56 /
54 /
24
|
|
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
no |
59 /
51 /
29
|
|
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
|
non_voting |
50 /
46 /
50
|
|
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
|
yes |
53 /
45 /
38
|
|
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
yes |
54 /
43 /
42
|
|
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
|
no |
61 /
43 /
31
|
|
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
|
non_voting |
54 /
42 /
46
|
|
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
|
no |
56 /
42 /
34
|
