Voting Comparison

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

6813 shared votes

17%

agreement

1187 agreed · 5626 diverged

6813 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.

How often each combination of positions occurred across all shared votes.

green = same position amber = different position

Agreement rate per issue area (Voeten dataset, GA resolutions only). Dashed line shows overall agreement rate.

Middle East

5% 43/896

Nuclear/Arms

10% 60/580

Colonialism

2% 14/563

Human Rights

6% 50/773

Economic Dev.

9% 42/491

Disarmament

15% 118/779

Overall

17% 1187/6813

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

Resolution	Algeria	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	yes	no	86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166 Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol… 2006	yes	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	yes	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

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

Resolution	Both voted	Y / N / A
A/RES/53/158 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G… 1998	yes	64 / 41 / 56
A/4l/727 1986	yes	77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/52/142 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G… 1997	yes	74 / 32 / 56
32/132 Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1977	yes	79 / 30 / 54
32/98 Assistance to Botswana 1977	yes	89 / 30 / 39
A/RES/51/107 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G… 1996	yes	79 / 30 / 54
A/RES/52/39C Convention on theh Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by th… 1997	yes	109 / 30 / 27
A/RES/50/188 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G… 1995	yes	78 / 27 / 58