Voting Comparison

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

vs
5862 shared votes
87%
agreement
5072 agreed · 790 diverged
5862 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.

Mozambique
Ethiopia Yes No Abstain
Yes 4811 1 64
No 20 23 14
Abstain 180 3 194

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
87% 778/896
Nuclear/Arms
87% 501/579
Colonialism
90% 505/563
Human Rights
86% 665/773
Economic Dev.
87% 429/491
Disarmament
85% 664/779
Overall
87% 5072/5862

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Ethiopia Mozambique Y / N / A
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain yes 86 / 64 / 26
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
abstain yes 96 / 58 / 12
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
abstain yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
abstain yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain yes 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
non_voting yes 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/68/152
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2013
yes non_voting 128 / 55 / 8
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
no yes 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/67/170
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2012
yes non_voting 128 / 54 / 4
34/131
Question of Guam
1979
abstain yes 116 / 53 / 14

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
yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
yes 94 / 59 / 33