Voting Comparison

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

vs
6885 shared votes
41%
agreement
2853 agreed · 4032 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.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ethiopia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2727 1750 1520
No 93 2 4
Abstain 355 41 117

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
65% 578/896
Nuclear/Arms
19% 110/579
Colonialism
33% 185/563
Human Rights
28% 216/773
Economic Dev.
33% 164/491
Disarmament
33% 259/779
Overall
41% 2853/6885

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Ethiopia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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
abstain no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain 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

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 50 / 13
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
yes 106 / 46 / 34
A/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization : resolu…
2025
yes 118 / 36 / 11
A/RES/2758(XXVI)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations …
1971
yes 76 / 35 / 17
A/RES/52/142
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
1997
yes 74 / 32 / 56
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 141 / 31 / 11
A/RES/67/202
Entrepreneurship for development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2012
yes 141 / 31 / 11