Voting Comparison

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

vs
3598 shared votes
90%
agreement
3241 agreed · 357 diverged
3598 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.

Monaco
Germany Yes No Abstain
Yes 2041 4 27
No 3 617 73
Abstain 53 24 582

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
95% 452/476
Nuclear/Arms
78% 228/291
Colonialism
81% 246/305
Human Rights
93% 481/515
Economic Dev.
83% 172/208
Disarmament
87% 364/419
Overall
90% 3241/3598

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Germany Monaco Y / N / A
A/RES/51/140
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1996
no non_voting 107 / 49 / 4
A/RES/48/46
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementat…
1993
no non_voting 111 / 43 / 3
A/RES/51/39
The role of science and technology in the context of international security and…
1996
abstain no 105 / 39 / 24
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes no 110 / 35 / 24
A/RES/48/168
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against develop…
1993
no non_voting 116 / 32 / 16
A/RES/72/58
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2017
no non_voting 131 / 31 / 18
A/RES/64/55
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2009
no non_voting 124 / 31 / 21
A/RES/63/49
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2008
no non_voting 127 / 30 / 23
A/RES/77/23
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat
2022
no abstain 90 / 30 / 47
A/RES/60/76
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2005
yes no 126 / 29 / 24
A/RES/65/76
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2010
no non_voting 133 / 28 / 23
A/RES/79/332
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organizatio…
2025
no abstain 120 / 27 / 28

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/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33