Voting Comparison

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

vs
6665 shared votes
23%
agreement
1509 agreed · 5156 diverged
6665 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.

Israel
Ethiopia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1419 2758 1321
No 82 2 5
Abstain 267 162 67

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% 22/896
Nuclear/Arms
16% 95/579
Colonialism
6% 34/563
Human Rights
10% 81/773
Economic Dev.
20% 99/491
Disarmament
26% 199/779
Overall
23% 1509/6665

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Ethiopia Israel 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
A/RES/79/160
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2024
yes 119 / 53 / 10
A/RES/80/192
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2025
yes 119 / 51 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 120 / 50 / 10
A/RES/77/204
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2022
yes 120 / 50 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 118 / 49 / 14
A/RES/78/190
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuel…
2023
yes 118 / 49 / 14
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