Voting Comparison

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

vs
6156 shared votes
41%
agreement
2536 agreed · 3620 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
Fiji Yes No Abstain
Yes 2247 1391 1173
No 15 18 6
Abstain 302 222 263

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
61% 547/896
Nuclear/Arms
27% 155/580
Colonialism
34% 194/563
Human Rights
35% 273/773
Economic Dev.
37% 184/491
Disarmament
39% 305/779
Overall
41% 2536/6156

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Fiji 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
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/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
non_voting 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
abstain no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain 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
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes no 96 / 58 / 12
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes no 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain no 97 / 57 / 14

Agreements on Contested Votes

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

Resolution Both voted Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
no 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
no 131 / 56 / 0
36/170
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1981
no 122 / 55 / 1
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2002
no 122 / 55 / 1
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
yes 67 / 54 / 46