Voting Comparison

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

vs
5140 shared votes
15%
agreement
750 agreed · 4390 diverged
5140 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.

Israel
Dominica Yes No Abstain
Yes 481 1193 485
No 14 8 3
Abstain 64 128 21

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
2% 16/884
Nuclear/Arms
10% 57/561
Colonialism
5% 26/525
Human Rights
13% 96/738
Economic Dev.
12% 55/456
Disarmament
13% 102/764
Overall
15% 750/5140

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Dominica Israel Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
abstain no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 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
abstain 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
non_voting 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
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes 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
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2000
yes 67 / 54 / 46
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/56/171
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2001
yes 72 / 49 / 46
A/RES/66/257
Progress towards an accountability system in the United Nations Secretariat : resolution …
2012
non_voting 98 / 48 / 4
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 61 / 47 / 51
A/RES/77/250
Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution…
2022
non_voting 115 / 47 / 7