Voting Comparison

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

vs
3559 shared votes
12%
agreement
429 agreed · 3130 diverged
3559 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
Eritrea Yes No Abstain
Yes 416 2248 360
No 52 3
Abstain 135 41 8

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% 10/476
Nuclear/Arms
13% 37/291
Colonialism
3% 8/305
Human Rights
6% 32/515
Economic Dev.
11% 23/208
Disarmament
20% 83/419
Overall
12% 429/3559

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Eritrea 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
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 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
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33

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/56/175
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2001
abstain 79 / 37 / 48
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
no 97 / 36 / 29
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
A/RES/67/202
Entrepreneurship for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
yes 141 / 31 / 11
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 141 / 31 / 11