Voting Comparison

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

vs
2218 shared votes
17%
agreement
372 agreed · 1846 diverged
2218 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.

United States of America
German Democratic Republic Yes No Abstain
Yes 223 951 570
No 139 74 19
Abstain 106 36 66

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
8% 28/339
Nuclear/Arms
12% 31/250
Colonialism
3% 6/214
Human Rights
5% 11/226
Economic Dev.
12% 32/262
Disarmament
13% 42/318
Overall
17% 372/2218

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution German Democratic Republic United States of America 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 no 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes no 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 no 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 no 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/33/138
Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations : amendments to …
1979
no 105 / 29 / 3
A/RES/37/167
United Nations Conference for the Promotion of International Co-operation in the Peaceful…
1982
no 111 / 26 / 7
A/RES/36/235VI
Training programme for the English and French translators/precis-writers at the Economic …
1981
no 113 / 25 / 0