Voting Comparison

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

vs
5297 shared votes
55%
agreement
2918 agreed · 2379 diverged
5297 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.

Seychelles
Ethiopia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2729 3 15
No 10 10 4
Abstain 131 28

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
52% 464/896
Nuclear/Arms
61% 351/579
Colonialism
49% 274/563
Human Rights
43% 334/773
Economic Dev.
48% 234/491
Disarmament
57% 444/779
Overall
55% 2918/5297

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Ethiopia Seychelles Y / N / A
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes non_voting 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no non_voting 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes non_voting 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
abstain non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
yes non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
abstain non_voting 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
abstain non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
yes non_voting 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2002
yes non_voting 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/58/188
Respect for the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the UN to …
2003
yes non_voting 106 / 55 / 19

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
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
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1999
yes 91 / 59 / 10
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
yes 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Review Confer…
2009
non_voting 109 / 56 / 10