Voting Comparison

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

vs
6111 shared votes
38%
agreement
2348 agreed · 3763 diverged
6111 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.

Syrian Arab Republic
Germany Yes No Abstain
Yes 2315 371 330
No 1100 7
Abstain 1601 13 30

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
61% 548/896
Nuclear/Arms
25% 142/579
Colonialism
44% 249/563
Human Rights
24% 187/773
Economic Dev.
35% 171/491
Disarmament
35% 272/779
Overall
38% 2348/6111

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Germany Syrian Arab Republic Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no abstain 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no yes 96 / 58 / 12

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 50 / 13
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
yes 97 / 36 / 29
A/RES/60/76
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality o…
2005
yes 126 / 29 / 24
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 24 / 2
A/RES/36/155
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador : resolution / adopted …
1981
yes 69 / 22 / 53
A/40/996
Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Sec…
1985
yes 114 / 21 / 16
57/69
General and complete disarmament
2002
yes 78 / 21 / 42