Voting Comparison

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

vs
5854 shared votes
83%
agreement
4845 agreed · 1009 diverged
5854 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.

Cabo Verde
Ghana Yes No Abstain
Yes 4666 2 76
No 3 1 20
Abstain 163 5 87

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
82% 731/896
Nuclear/Arms
90% 522/579
Colonialism
84% 474/563
Human Rights
78% 603/773
Economic Dev.
84% 412/491
Disarmament
89% 690/779
Overall
83% 4845/5854

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Ghana Cabo Verde Y / N / A
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
abstain non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
abstain no 79 / 60 / 33
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2005
yes non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
A/RES/63/167
Equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treat…
2008
yes abstain 128 / 55 / 2
31/125
International Year for Disabled Persons
1976
no abstain 67 / 54 / 46
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes abstain 111 / 54 / 18
A/RES/55/114
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte…
2000
no abstain 67 / 54 / 46
A/RES/61/164
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2006
yes abstain 111 / 54 / 18
A/RES/62/149
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the Genera…
2007
abstain yes 104 / 54 / 29
A/RES/67/159
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci…
2012
non_voting yes 128 / 54 / 7
A/RES/67/165
Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolu…
2012
non_voting yes 133 / 54 / 2
A/RES/67/170
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2012
non_voting yes 128 / 54 / 4

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
yes 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
abstain 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
abstain 80 / 61 / 42
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes :…
2018
abstain 94 / 59 / 33