Voting Comparison

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

vs
5202 shared votes
62%
agreement
3200 agreed · 2002 diverged
5202 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.

Seychelles
Gambia Yes No Abstain
Yes 2327 11 25
No 8
Abstain 57 3

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
63% 564/896
Nuclear/Arms
55% 321/579
Colonialism
63% 355/563
Human Rights
55% 429/773
Economic Dev.
62% 305/491
Disarmament
57% 445/779
Overall
62% 3200/5202

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Gambia Seychelles Y / N / A
A/RES/65/224
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes non_voting 79 / 67 / 40
A/RES/61/166
Promotion of equitable and mutually respectful dialogue on human rights : resol…
2006
yes non_voting 86 / 64 / 26
A/RES/57/230
Situation of human rights in the Sudan : resolution / adopted by the General As…
2002
no non_voting 80 / 62 / 33
A/RES/74/247
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2019
yes non_voting 79 / 60 / 33
31/127
Emergency assistance for South African refugee students
1976
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/73/187
Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal …
2018
abstain yes 94 / 59 / 33
A/RES/54/168
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1999
non_voting yes 91 / 59 / 10
A/RES/49/180
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1994
yes non_voting 97 / 57 / 14
A/RES/50/172
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the …
1995
yes non_voting 91 / 57 / 21
A/RES/61/160
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop…
2006
yes non_voting 124 / 56 / 4
A/RES/64/31
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Rev…
2009
yes non_voting 109 / 56 / 10
A/RES/57/222
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the Gen…
2002
yes non_voting 122 / 55 / 1

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
A/RES/64/156
Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
non_voting 80 / 61 / 42
A/RES/52/119
Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal a…
1997
non_voting 96 / 58 / 12
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/75/181
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2020
yes 131 / 56 / 0
A/RES/80/209
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assem…
2025
yes 122 / 56 / 0
A/RES/60/72
Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995 and 2000 Review Confer…
2005
non_voting 87 / 56 / 26
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 116 / 55 / 7