Voting Comparison

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

vs
2437 shared votes
32%
agreement
773 agreed · 1664 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.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Germany Yes No Abstain
Yes 660 159 162
No 383 36 25
Abstain 879 39 58

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
42% 165/394
Nuclear/Arms
25% 69/278
Colonialism
27% 66/244
Human Rights
19% 46/247
Economic Dev.
22% 62/276
Disarmament
29% 101/348
Overall
32% 773/2437

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Germany Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 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/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain yes 50 / 46 / 50
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/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
abstain yes 54 / 42 / 46
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/35/27
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1980
abstain yes 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
A/RES/46/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1992
no 102 / 40 / 13
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