Voting Comparison

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

vs
5915 shared votes
17%
agreement
989 agreed · 4926 diverged
5915 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.

United States of America
Djibouti Yes No Abstain
Yes 959 3432 870
No 28 3 9
Abstain 136 56 13

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
6% 52/891
Nuclear/Arms
12% 70/573
Colonialism
3% 17/548
Human Rights
10% 74/760
Economic Dev.
9% 44/473
Disarmament
18% 138/773
Overall
17% 989/5915

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Djibouti United States of America 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
A/RES/49/75K
Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the lega…
1994
no 78 / 43 / 38
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : resolution / …
1982
yes 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/34/2A
Credentials of representatives to the 34th session of the General Assembly : resolution /…
1979
yes 71 / 35 / 34
A/59/516/Add.1
United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning
2005
yes 84 / 34 / 37
A/RES/59/280
United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2005
yes 84 / 34 / 37
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 89 / 30 / 39