Voting Comparison

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

vs
3300 shared votes
41%
agreement
1338 agreed · 1962 diverged
3300 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.

Palau
Dominican Republic Yes No Abstain
Yes 1059 786 411
No 2 3 1
Abstain 51 74 17

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
23% 101/441
Nuclear/Arms
38% 110/286
Colonialism
33% 95/287
Human Rights
25% 124/500
Economic Dev.
44% 88/201
Disarmament
46% 187/408
Overall
41% 1338/3300

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Dominican Republic Palau 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/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no abstain 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
yes no 124 / 56 / 4
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
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes no 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
yes no 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/58/188
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the UN to …
2003
yes no 106 / 55 / 19

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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
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/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1994
non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1995
non_voting 91 / 57 / 21