Voting Comparison

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

vs
3806 shared votes
95%
agreement
3625 agreed · 181 diverged
3806 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.

Latvia
Estonia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2182 2 32
No 665 18
Abstain 21 25 756

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
95% 501/530
Nuclear/Arms
93% 289/312
Colonialism
94% 314/334
Human Rights
97% 519/537
Economic Dev.
91% 203/223
Disarmament
94% 418/445
Overall
95% 3625/3806

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Estonia Latvia Y / N / A
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for …
1985
no abstain 114 / 54 / 15
A/RES/57/217
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United …
2002
no abstain 114 / 54 / 15
A/RES/59/62
Role of science and technology in the context of international security and dis…
2004
no non_voting 106 / 48 / 21
A/RES/57/94
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
2002
no non_voting 110 / 45 / 12
A/RES/51/39
The role of science and technology in the context of international security and…
1996
no abstain 105 / 39 / 24
A/RES/49/186
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations System for …
1994
abstain no 110 / 35 / 24
47/147
Situation of human rights in the territory of the former Yugoslavia
1992
yes no 113 / 35 / 13
A/RES/71/258
Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / ado…
2016
yes no 113 / 35 / 13
A/RES/51/30I
Emergency Assistance to the Sudan
1996
no non_voting 103 / 34 / 15
A/RES/46/79D
Relations between South Africa and Israel : resolution / adopted by the General…
1991
non_voting no 93 / 31 / 30
A/RES/51/46D
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adop…
1996
abstain no 114 / 31 / 27
A/RES/50/96
Economic measures as a means of political and economic coersion against develop…
1995
non_voting no 100 / 30 / 22

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
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
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/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33