Voting Comparison

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

vs
6779 shared votes
43%
agreement
2937 agreed · 3842 diverged
6779 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.

France
Dominican Republic Yes No Abstain
Yes 2682 1218 1555
No 17 28 26
Abstain 178 127 213

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
53% 475/896
Nuclear/Arms
20% 114/580
Colonialism
28% 157/563
Human Rights
36% 281/773
Economic Dev.
40% 196/491
Disarmament
36% 283/779
Overall
43% 2937/6779

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Dominican Republic France Y / N / A
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
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
non_voting no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
non_voting no 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
non_voting no 91 / 57 / 21
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 124 / 56 / 4
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2020
yes no 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2025
yes no 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain no 87 / 56 / 26

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
no 94 / 71 / 23
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
no 94 / 59 / 33
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 68 / 54 / 51