Voting Comparison

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

vs
2476 shared votes
89%
agreement
2197 agreed · 279 diverged
2476 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.

Democratic Yemen
Ethiopia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2103 15 61
No 2 45 1
Abstain 46 10 35

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
93% 314/339
Nuclear/Arms
94% 236/250
Colonialism
97% 207/214
Human Rights
97% 219/226
Economic Dev.
92% 242/262
Disarmament
89% 283/318
Overall
89% 2197/2476

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Ethiopia Democratic Yemen Y / N / A
A/RES/3238(XXIX)
Restoration of the lawful rights of the Royal Government of National Union of C…
1974
abstain no 56 / 54 / 24
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
abstain no 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/3379(XXX)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the…
1975
abstain yes 72 / 35 / 32
A/RES/2647(XXV)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the…
1970
no non_voting 49 / 33 / 10
A/RES/38/183A
Bilateral nuclear-arms negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1983
yes no 88 / 31 / 24
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
abstain no 53 / 30 / 45
A/RES/40/141
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
1985
abstain no 53 / 30 / 45
A/RES/33/71[A]
Military and nuclear collaboration with Israel : resolution / adopted by the Ge…
1978
abstain yes 72 / 30 / 37
A/RES/2676(XXV)
Respect for human rights in armed conflicts : resolution / adopted by the Gener…
1970
yes no 67 / 30 / 20
A/RES/2587(XXIV)
Commission on the Status of Women : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1969
no non_voting 48 / 30 / 31
A/RES/2668(XXV)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1970
yes no 67 / 28 / 22
A/RES/2961(XXVII)[B]
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nation…
1972
yes no 81 / 27 / 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/2642(XXV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1970
no 66 / 52 / 7
A/RES/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2389(XXIII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1968
no 73 / 47 / 5
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
yes 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
yes 54 / 42 / 46