Voting Comparison

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

vs
3189 shared votes
34%
agreement
1083 agreed · 2106 diverged
3189 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.

Czechoslovakia
France Yes No Abstain
Yes 813 258 182
No 478 65 65
Abstain 978 90 190

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% 225/420
Nuclear/Arms
22% 62/288
Colonialism
31% 79/258
Human Rights
34% 87/258
Economic Dev.
27% 76/282
Disarmament
29% 104/360
Overall
34% 1083/3189

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution France Czechoslovakia 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/3390(XXX)[A]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 59 / 51 / 29
A/RES/44/27L
Support for the work of the Commission against Apartheid in Sports
1989
abstain yes 53 / 45 / 38
A/RES/3390(XXX)[B]
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
no yes 54 / 43 / 42
A/RES/3333(XXIX)
Question of Korea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1974
yes no 61 / 43 / 31
A/RES/3458(XXX)[B]
Question of Spanish Sahara : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1975
yes no 56 / 42 / 34
A/RES/2113(XX)[B]
Credentials of representatives to the 19th and 20th sessions of the General Ass…
1965
no yes 53 / 42 / 9
A/RES/35/190
Voluntary fund of the United Nations for victims of gross and flagrant violatio…
1980
yes no 57 / 39 / 46
A/4l/L.43
The auestion of Palestine
1986
no yes 66 / 38 / 41
A/RES/37/200
Further promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms : res…
1982
yes no 81 / 38 / 20
A/RES/34/2A
Credentials of representatives to the 34th session of the General Assembly : re…
1979
abstain no 71 / 35 / 34
A/RES/3379(XXX)
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination : resolution / adopted by the…
1975
no yes 72 / 35 / 32

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/2025(XX)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1965
no 56 / 49 / 11
A/RES/2500(XXIV)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1969
no 71 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2271(XXII)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1967
no 69 / 48 / 4
A/RES/2159(XXI)
Representation of China in the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
1966
no 66 / 48 / 7
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
abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/47/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1992
no 99 / 45 / 16