Voting Comparison

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

vs
6611 shared votes
39%
agreement
2593 agreed · 4018 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.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Guinea Yes No Abstain
Yes 2544 1652 1500
No 51 1 3
Abstain 250 14 35

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
58% 520/896
Nuclear/Arms
19% 112/579
Colonialism
28% 158/563
Human Rights
25% 195/773
Economic Dev.
33% 164/491
Disarmament
35% 273/779
Overall
39% 2593/6611

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Guinea United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Y / N / A
A/RES/68/144
Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assemb…
2013
yes no 94 / 71 / 23
40/233
Situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in El Salvador
1985
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 79 / 67 / 40
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes no 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no yes 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes no 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes no 79 / 60 / 33
39/192
Question of the United States Virgin Islands
1984
yes no 91 / 59 / 10
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
yes no 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
yes no 91 / 59 / 10

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/50/33
Activities of foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the…
1995
no 93 / 51 / 3
32/132
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1977
yes 124 / 50 / 13
A/RES/37/30
Question of East Timor : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1982
abstain 50 / 46 / 50
A/RES/71/187
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2016
yes 117 / 40 / 31
32/100
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 123 / 38 / 24
A/RES/75/183
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2020
yes 123 / 38 / 24
32/128
Question of Brunei
1977
yes 125 / 37 / 22
A/RES/77/222
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2022
yes 125 / 37 / 22