Voting Comparison

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

vs
2226 shared votes
28%
agreement
627 agreed · 1599 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.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
German Democratic Republic Yes No Abstain
Yes 503 496 757
No 154 44 32
Abstain 119 18 71

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
41% 140/339
Nuclear/Arms
20% 51/250
Colonialism
18% 39/214
Human Rights
17% 39/226
Economic Dev.
22% 57/262
Disarmament
24% 76/318
Overall
28% 627/2226

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution German Democratic Republic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
no yes 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
non_voting abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes abstain 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
no yes 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
non_voting abstain 54 / 42 / 46
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 56 / 42 / 34
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violatio…
1980
no yes 57 / 39 / 46
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
yes no 66 / 38 / 41
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : res…
1982
no yes 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
non_voting abstain 58 / 35 / 46

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no 101 / 33 / 0
A/RES/34/219[I]
Personnel questions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1979
no 101 / 33 / 1
A/RES/36/235XVII
Access to the language training programme by accredited staff of permanent mission at Hea…
1981
no 95 / 32 / 11
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983
no 88 / 31 / 24
A/RES/33/31[B]
Question of Western Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1978
abstain 66 / 30 / 40
A/RES/33/138
Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations : amendments to …
1979
no 105 / 29 / 3
A/RES/44/128
Elaboration of a 2nd Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Politic…
1989
yes 59 / 26 / 48