Voting Comparison

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

vs
2481 shared votes
35%
agreement
870 agreed · 1611 diverged
2481 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.

Czechoslovakia
Germany Yes No Abstain
Yes 677 158 150
No 364 52 36
Abstain 844 38 126

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
51% 216/420
Nuclear/Arms
31% 90/288
Colonialism
37% 95/258
Human Rights
26% 68/258
Economic Dev.
26% 73/282
Disarmament
33% 119/360
Overall
35% 870/2481

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Germany Czechoslovakia Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
yes no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
abstain yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
yes no 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 56 / 42 / 34
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violatio…
1980
yes no 57 / 39 / 46
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
no yes 66 / 38 / 41
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : res…
1982
yes no 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/34/2A
Credentials of representatives to the 34th session of the General Assembly : re…
1979
yes no 71 / 35 / 34
A/RES/3379(XXX)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the…
1975
no yes 72 / 35 / 32
A/RES/40/168A
Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations
1985
no yes 64 / 33 / 41

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/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/47/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1992
no 99 / 45 / 16
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
abstain 54 / 42 / 46
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/46/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1992
no 102 / 40 / 13
A/RES/47/116D
Policies of apartheid of the government of South Africa : oil embargo against South Afric…
1993
abstain 93 / 39 / 23
A/RES/47/116F
Policies of apartheid of the government of South Africa : relations between South Africa …
1993
no 93 / 39 / 23
A/RES/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
abstain 58 / 35 / 46