Voting Comparison

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

vs
5974 shared votes
37%
agreement
2183 agreed · 3791 diverged
5974 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.

France
Guinea-Bissau Yes No Abstain
Yes 2145 1151 1360
No 7 1 3
Abstain 177 9 20

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
47% 418/896
Nuclear/Arms
15% 87/579
Colonialism
25% 138/563
Human Rights
25% 196/773
Economic Dev.
33% 163/491
Disarmament
31% 242/779
Overall
37% 2183/5974

Most Divergent Votes

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

Resolution Guinea-Bissau France 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
non_voting 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
non_voting 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
32/101
Assistance to Guinea-Bissau
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/127
Regional arrangements for the p
1977
yes 137 / 54 / 0
32/98
Assistance to Botswana
1977
yes 131 / 53 / 7
32/99
Assistance to Cape Verde
1977
yes 135 / 53 / 1
A/RES/59/206
Situation of human rights in Turkmenistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assemly
2004
yes 69 / 47 / 63
A/RES/63/168
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
yes 106 / 46 / 34
40/229
Alternative approaches and ways and means within the united Nations system for improving …
1985
yes 111 / 41 / 34
A/RES/65/206
Moratorium on the use of the death penalty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2010
yes 109 / 41 / 35