Voting Comparison

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

vs
3792 shared votes
40%
agreement
1513 agreed · 2279 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.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
France Yes No Abstain
Yes 1274 275 267
No 505 49 42
Abstain 1039 93 149

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
44% 174/394
Nuclear/Arms
18% 50/278
Colonialism
21% 51/244
Human Rights
26% 65/247
Economic Dev.
25% 68/276
Disarmament
25% 88/348
Overall
40% 1513/3792

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution France Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 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/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain yes 50 / 46 / 50
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/36/50
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1981
abstain yes 54 / 42 / 46
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

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/4l/727
1986
yes 77 / 40 / 16
A/RES/46/130
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1992
no 102 / 40 / 13