Voting Comparison

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

vs
62%
agreement
2261 agreed · 1366 diverged
3627 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.

Canada
Micronesia (Federated States of) Yes No Abstain
Yes 1153 54 96
No 162 791 161
Abstain 312 46 309

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
45% 240/530
Nuclear/Arms
67% 208/312
Colonialism
50% 167/334
Human Rights
64% 344/537
Economic Dev.
46% 102/223
Disarmament
67% 298/445
Overall
62% 2261/3627

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Micronesia (Federated States of) Canada Y / N / A
A/RES/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treat…
2008
non_voting no 128 / 55 / 2
A/RES/64/157
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2010
non_voting no 127 / 54 / 5
A/RES/65/223
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2010
non_voting no 126 / 54 / 5
A/RES/66/153
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human…
2011
non_voting no 135 / 54 / 1
A/RES/66/159
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2011
non_voting no 130 / 54 / 6
A/RES/68/161
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human…
2013
non_voting no 135 / 54 / 1
A/RES/70/152
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human…
2015
non_voting no 134 / 54 / 0
A/RES/64/173
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human…
2010
non_voting no 131 / 53 / 2
A/RES/78/237
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context …
2023
non_voting no 104 / 53 / 7
A/RES/61/169
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
yes no 134 / 53 / 0
40/230
Situa- tion of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Sal- vador
1985
yes no 134 / 53 / 0
A/RES/62/161
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2007
yes no 136 / 53 / 0

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
no 94 / 71 / 23
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/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
no 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2019
no 79 / 60 / 33