Voting Comparison

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

vs
3717 shared votes
42%
agreement
1577 agreed · 2140 diverged

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.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Spain Yes No Abstain
Yes 1520 311 204
No 538 17 77
Abstain 672 8 33

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
75% 399/530
Nuclear/Arms
15% 48/312
Colonialism
66% 222/334
Human Rights
27% 144/537
Economic Dev.
52% 115/223
Disarmament
31% 138/445
Overall
42% 1577/3717

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Spain Democratic People's Republic of Korea Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 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
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 127 / 52 / 5
A/RES/65/203
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the …
2010
yes 127 / 52 / 5
A/RES/80/54
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2025
no 119 / 45 / 12
A/RES/77/54
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2022
no 119 / 44 / 13
A/RES/79/38
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2024
no 127 / 44 / 13
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
no 119 / 44 / 13
A/RES/78/35
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2023
no 123 / 43 / 17
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 123 / 43 / 17