Voting Comparison

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

vs
2189 shared votes
30%
agreement
663 agreed · 1526 diverged
2189 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.

Democratic Yemen
Germany Yes No Abstain
Yes 648 55 77
No 402 1 2
Abstain 898 2 4

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
40% 137/339
Nuclear/Arms
25% 62/251
Colonialism
26% 56/214
Human Rights
18% 40/226
Economic Dev.
24% 63/262
Disarmament
26% 82/318
Overall
30% 663/2189

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Germany Democratic Yemen 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/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1983
no 88 / 31 / 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
A/RES/3358(XXIX)[A]
Salaries and allowances of staff in the Professional and higher categories : amendments t…
1974
yes 90 / 21 / 20
A/RES/36/157
Protection of human rights in Chile : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes 84 / 20 / 42
40/84
-Implementation of General Assembly resolution 39/51 concerning the signature and ratific…
1985
yes 101 / 19 / 25