Voting Comparison

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

vs
5901 shared votes
42%
agreement
2476 agreed · 3425 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.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Djibouti Yes No Abstain
Yes 2432 1584 1231
No 34 4 4
Abstain 160 22 26

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
62% 551/891
Nuclear/Arms
19% 111/573
Colonialism
30% 166/548
Human Rights
28% 211/760
Economic Dev.
34% 160/473
Disarmament
36% 282/773
Overall
42% 2476/5901

Most Divergent Votes

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

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

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 50 / 13
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the lega…
1994
no 78 / 43 / 38
32/100
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 123 / 38 / 24
A/RES/75/183
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2020
yes 123 / 38 / 24
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / …
1982
yes 81 / 38 / 20
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
yes 125 / 37 / 22