Voting Comparison

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

vs
3632 shared votes
39%
agreement
1405 agreed · 2227 diverged
3632 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.

Syrian Arab Republic
Georgia Yes No Abstain
Yes 1348 222 266
No 427 2 2
Abstain 894 19 33

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
64% 320/502
Nuclear/Arms
25% 74/301
Colonialism
51% 164/319
Human Rights
25% 134/526
Economic Dev.
43% 93/215
Disarmament
38% 163/431
Overall
39% 1405/3632

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Georgia Syrian Arab Republic Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
no abstain 94 / 71 / 23
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
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
no yes 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
yes no 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
no yes 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
no yes 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
no yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
no yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1997
no yes 96 / 58 / 12

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/56/146
Equitable geographical distribution of the membership of the human rights instruments : r…
2001
yes 113 / 47 / 5
32/95
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1977
yes 113 / 47 / 5
A/RES/53/141
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures: resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
1998
yes 110 / 45 / 10
31/37
United Nations Conference on Desertlflcatlon
1976
no 73 / 40 / 56
A/RES/58/194
Situation of human rights in Turkmenistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2003
no 73 / 40 / 56
A/RES/71/258
Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by th…
2016
non_voting 113 / 35 / 13
A/RES/79/183
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the G…
2024
non_voting 80 / 27 / 68
A/RES/79/332
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization : resolu…
2025
non_voting 120 / 27 / 28