Voting Comparison

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

vs
5232 shared votes
66%
agreement
3455 agreed · 1777 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.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Fiji Yes No Abstain
Yes 3107 18 103
No 15 5 3
Abstain 359 9 177

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
54% 467/859
Nuclear/Arms
75% 408/546
Colonialism
61% 307/506
Human Rights
58% 417/718
Economic Dev.
71% 305/431
Disarmament
74% 555/751
Overall
66% 3455/5232

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Fiji Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Y / N / A
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
no yes 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 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
yes abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
non_voting yes 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes non_voting 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
yes non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
abstain yes 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
abstain yes 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
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2013
yes 94 / 71 / 23
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
yes 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1995
yes 91 / 57 / 21
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Review Confer…
2005
yes 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the…
2006
yes 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Review Confer…
2009
yes 109 / 56 / 10
39/201
Long- term financing and the future role of the United Nations Institute for Training and…
1984
abstain 106 / 55 / 19