Voting Comparison
Compare how two countries, blocs, or a country and a bloc voted on UN resolutions.
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.
|
Germany |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Yes |
No |
Abstain |
| Yes |
3382
|
2
|
31
|
| No |
154
|
1161
|
410
|
| Abstain |
257
|
15
|
1240
|
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.
Economic Dev.
87%
429/491
Most Divergent Votes
Resolutions where the two sides diverged most, sorted by how contested the overall vote was.
| Resolution |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Germany |
Y / N / A |
|
A/RES/51/39
The role of science and technology in the context of international security and…
1996
|
no |
abstain |
105 /
39 /
24
|
|
A/RES/50/11
Multilingualism : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1995
|
abstain |
yes |
97 /
36 /
29
|
|
A/RES/79/330
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organizatio…
2025
|
yes |
no |
118 /
36 /
11
|
|
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
|
no |
yes |
110 /
35 /
24
|
|
A/59/516/Add.1
United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning
2005
|
no |
yes |
84 /
34 /
37
|
|
A/RES/59/280
United Nations declaration on human cloning : resolution / adopted by the Gener…
2005
|
no |
yes |
84 /
34 /
37
|
|
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
|
abstain |
no |
69 /
29 /
47
|
|
A/RES/42/79
Question of New Caledonia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1987
|
abstain |
no |
69 /
29 /
47
|
|
A/RES/60/76
Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the …
2005
|
no |
yes |
126 /
29 /
24
|
|
A/RES/78/42
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear…
2023
|
no |
abstain |
133 /
26 /
25
|
|
A/RES/75/21
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat
2020
|
abstain |
no |
82 /
25 /
53
|
|
A/RES/79/170
The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2024
|
no |
abstain |
132 /
25 /
30
|
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
|
|
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
|
no |
86 /
64 /
26
|
|
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resolution / ad…
2006
|
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
|
